Businesses assess Trump tariffs on drugs, trucks and furniture

企业评估特朗普对药品、卡车和家具的关税

World Business Report

2025-09-27

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US President Donald Trump has announced a new wave of tariffs, including a 100% levy on branded or patented drug imports, 25% tariffs on heavy-duty trucks, 50% on kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities and 30% on upholstered furniture. Andrew Peach looks at how people in these sectors have reacted to these latest sweeping tariffs. And, can you still make money from a Broadway show? Only a few of the 18 commercial musicals that opened on Broadway last season made a profit. (Photo: US President Donald Trump on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One in Washington, DC, USA, 26 September 2025. Photo by KENT NISHIMURA/POOL/EPA/Shutterstock)
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  • Wattling's drugs, trucks and upholstered furniture.

  • By terrifying U.S. manufacturers,

  • you're also making U.S. manufacturers less competitive in the global market.

  • Since last night, I've been getting calls and texts from customers,

  • competitors, employees, and I really can't answer.

  • It's World Business Report from the BBC World Service.

  • This is Andrew Peach on the way.

  • Uncertainty in sectors facing fresh U.S. tariffs from next week.

  • We'll get reaction.

  • Also today, phone scams offering you a job and another opening of another show.

  • But is Broadway still good business?

  • First, pharmaceuticals, heavy trucks and upholstered furniture.

  • Three very specific sectors due to face new U.S. import tariffs from next week.

  • We're going to hear from all three on the program.

  • And to lead us through it, Claire Jones is the U.S.

  • Economic Senator at the Financial Times in Washington.

  • Claire, thank you for being with us.

  • Just run through what Donald Trump has announced.

  • Well so

  • as you said at the top of the show we're still yet to get quite a lot of details here but the basic message is we're going to see new import tariffs on top of what we've already seen earlier this year in quite a few areas.