Sprawl of duty: Trump's tariff drama

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  The Economist.

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  Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.

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  I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

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  Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

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  There was a time when one country dominated global football, Brazil.

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  These days, it can barely hold its own against regional minnows.

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  We look at how it's gone wrong and spot a very economist fix for its national governing body,

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  structural reform.

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  And more than most countries, England just loves a lawn.

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  It's a product of the weather and the preponderance of sheep,

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  but also, in true English fashion, a status symbol.

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  Fashions change eventually, and the love of the lawn isn't what it once was.

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  First up, though.

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  A memorable line from the author Douglas Adams says, I love deadlines.

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  I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.

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  Today, what whooshing by was a deadline that President Donald Trump set back in April.

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  Countries were to negotiate trade deals with America before steep tariffs went into effect.

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  25 to 40 percent tariffs.

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  But this week, Mr. Trump kicked the can down the road, yet again,

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  and threw in some new, shockingly high levies to maintain high levels of confusion and drama.

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