Big Take Podcast

The Tariff Wars Are Here — And They’re Messy

Today on the Big Take podcast: How a slate of new tariffs could upend global trade and geopolitics — if they go into effect.

President Donald Trump speaks to the press as he signs an executive order to create a US sovereign wealth fund, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on Feb. 3, 2025.Photographer: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images

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