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Why Trump's 'Liberation Day' Tariffs Are Different

2025/4/1
logo of podcast Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast

Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast

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President Trump is reportedly planning to unveil a slate of new tariffs on Wednesday, which he has dubbed "Liberation Day."

**On Today's Show:**Felix Salmon, chief financial correspondent for Axios, host of the Slate Money Podcast, and author of *The Phoenix Economy: Work, Life, and Money in the New Not Normal *(‎Harper Business, 2023), talks about President Trump's trade policies, and whether new taxes on imports will boost U.S. manufacturing, as the administration hopes it will.