The final countdown to President Trump's tariff deadline

特朗普总统关税截止日期的最终倒计时

Business Matters

2025-08-01

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The final countdown in on for President Trump's tariff deadline. Without deals in the next few hours, dozens of countries will face the cost of sharply higher tax rates on goods they export to the US - up to close to 50% in some cases. We hear from some of these countries, and ask is Donald Trump winning his trade war? You can contact us on WhatsApp or send us a voicenote: +44 330 678 3033.
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  • Hi there, welcome to Business Matters on the BBC World Service.

  • I'm Ed Butler.

  • On our programme today, it is just...

  • Four hours until Donald Trump's trade deadline officially comes into effect.

  • This is the precise time that the president has set for countries to do a deal or to face much higher tariffs.

  • And in many cases, it is much higher tariffs.

  • In recent days, South Korea, Japan,

  • the European Union and other countries did announce framework trade deals.

  • mean they are avoiding the worst of the tax hikes, but many others have not.

  • We're running through some of those countries, seemingly still in the firing line,

  • over the next half hour or so, and we'll be asking, who really is winning this trade war?

  • Is it President Trump?

  • President Trump really set the terms of what is winning.

  • As you recall, he defined the purpose of these tariffs.

  • So yeah, I think he is winning it, and he seems to be getting what he set out to achieve.