Trump tariffs hit dozens of countries

特朗普关税影响数十个国家

Newshour

2025-08-07

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Sweeping new tariffs on more than 90 countries around the world - which US president Donald Trump has advocated for - have come into effect. Producers of staple goods such as Brazilian coffee say the tariffs will have a big impact on their industry. Also in the programme: The Kremlin says presidents Trump and Putin will meet in the coming days to talk about Ukraine; and we'll get a rare glimpse into a besieged city, el Fasher in Sudan, where people are starving and terrified. (Photo shows shipping containers in Frankfurt, Germany on 7 August 2025. Credit: Hannes P Albert/EPA)
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  • Hello and welcome to NewsHour.

  • It's coming to you live from the BBC World Service studios in central London.

  • I'm Tim Franks.

  • Today marks the start of nothing short of a new world order.

  • Not my words,

  • but those of economists and analysts across the globe reacting to Donald Trump's sweeping new tariff regime,

  • which has come into effect today.

  • Dozens of countries, from Syria to Switzerland, are facing hefty new barriers.

  • Overall, the effect is to raise the US import taxes to their highest level in almost a century.

  • It's a day with potentially huge consequences, many of which, to be honest,

  • are rather difficult to work out given the complexity of so many trading relationships and manufacturing processes.

  • In the course of the programme,

  • we'll try to give you a sense of how countries and exporters are likely to feel the effects,