Will tariffs lead to a global recession?

关税会导致全球经济衰退吗?

World Business Report

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2025-04-09

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A former chief economist at the World Bank believes that the USA's tariffs on its largest trading partners could lead to many countries being pushed into recession. Rahul Tandon speaks to a shrimp and seafood harvester based off the US Gulf Coast who feels President Trump’s policies is a positive for their sector. Elsewhere we hear from a Canadian auto worker and a fashion business owner in Indiana on what any US-China tariff war might mean for them. The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
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  • We are at a crucial moment for the global economy because on Wednesday,

  • many businesses across the world will be dealing with new tariffs as the reciprocal ones announced by Donald Trump last week will come into effect.

  • China,

  • which has faced tariffs on its exports to the US both during the first Trump administration and during the Biden one,

  • will they have vowed to fight to the end?

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