WTO says global trade will fall this year

世界贸易组织表示,今年全球贸易将下降

Business Matters

商务

2025-04-17

49 分钟
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Key figures in the global economy have been speaking about the potential impact of a trade war between the World's two largest economies, initiated by President Donald Trump's tariffs. The World Trade Organisation is forecasting that global trade will fall this year, and its director general, Ngozi Okonjo- Iweala, warned that a trade war between the US and China could affect all countries worldwide. Rahul Tandon finds out how Chinese manufacturers are concerned about tariffs, and speaks to an aviation specialist about why a bathroom problem is set to cost Boeing millions of dollars. And we hear how the remote Pacific island nation of Tuvalu celebrated the unveiling of its first cash machine.
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  • Hello and welcome to Business Matters here on the BBC World Service with me, Rahul Tandon.

  • We are, as we have been doing over the past few weeks,

  • going to continue the conversation about the impact of tariffs

  • because it is something that is affecting businesses across the world and we're going to be hearing from some of those businesses,

  • also hearing from some of the key players on what they have been saying.

  • We'd also want to hear from you so you can get in touch with us on WhatsApp, send us a voice, note plus 44-330-678-3033.

  • That's plus 44-330-678-3033.

  • If you have a business, how is it affecting you?

  • What plans are you making to deal with tariffs?

  • As always, we're joined by two guests on opposite sides of the world.

  • We have Mike Malone, Silicon Valley journalist, host of the Silicon Insider podcast.

  • We are, of course, Mike going to talk about Nvidia a little bit later,

  • but I always remember on the programming, you can see Nvidia's head office from your place, can't you?

  • Yes.

  • Yes, and Google and Facebook and Intel, they're all kind of around the periphery of my house.

  • Okay.

  • They didn't build around the periphery of your house.

  • It's not because you're there that they all decided to locate, is it?

  • Well, my house was built a hundred years before anything else was, so yeah, but we got here first.

  • Okay, good place to get to.