Pharmaceuticals set for US tariff hike

药品即将面临美国关税上涨

Business Matters

2025-08-06

49 分钟
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US tariffs of up to 250 percent - that’s what pharmaceutical imports could soon be facing But what would this mean for the makers and distributors of non-branded medicines? We’ll be speaking to an association representing them. Is Europe turning its back on Tesla? Electric car sales from the company continue to drop in Europe, but sales from Chinese electric carmaker BYD are on the rise. An automotive analyst tells us why. And WhatsApp says it has shut down almost seven million accounts linked to scammers in the first half of the year. WhatsApp’s external affairs director explains more.
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  • Hello and welcome to Business Matters here on the BBC World Service.

  • Busy programme coming up ahead of us as the Swiss president flies into Washington to try and get a better deal on those tariffs.

  • We hear from the industry groups in Switzerland who says if she fails,

  • it could be a disaster for parts of the economy.

  • We're going to hear from a factory owner who has factories in India, China.

  • and also in Vietnam.

  • How is he juggling those tariffs?

  • Which of those venues does he think is going to be the most successful for him?

  • And we're going to talk about attempts in China to get people to have more children to try and get back to that demographic dividend,

  • as they say.

  • Two guests guiding us through some of those topics and the other ones as well.

  • We have Annika Green, Republican political strategist at Reach Global.

  • strategies.

  • How are you?

  • Good morning.

  • It's great to be with you again.

  • Well, it is always a pleasure to have you on the program.

  • And how is life busy?

  • There's always a lot going on in the US, isn't there?

  • Yeah, there's quite a lot going on, but we still have the summer going.