What would Trump do on trade? With Alan Beattie

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  We have been here before a US Presidential campaign where Donald Trump is competing with himself to sound as aggressive on trade as possible.

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  This guy is handing out tariffs like candy in a sweet shop with all the associated risks.

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  Tooth decay, feeling a bit sick.

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  A massive trade war with America's allies.

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  This week, we are going to ask what Trump would do on trade.

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  This is the Economics show with Samaya Keynes.

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  I'm joined here in the studio by trade supremo Alan Beatty.

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  Alan, hello.

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  Hello.

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  Thank you for having me.

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  Okay, first question.

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  On a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is the status quo and 10 is basically full descent into autarky,

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  zero trade, where would you put Trump's promises?

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  So the thing, as ever with Trump, is the eccentricity as well as the extremes.

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  So some things he says quite regularly, sometimes he says once or twice behind closed doors,

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  sometimes he even writes stuff down on his website.

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  So you're never quite sure exactly what he's planning.

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  But, you know, you have to say, even on the mild stuff,

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  the relatively mild stuff, at least a five or six on some of the craziest stuff, really.

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  Seven, eight, pushing nine.

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