The Mick Clifford Podcast: Stumped by Trump — What will US tariffs mean for this country?

What might US tariffs mean for this country, and how the country has developed over the last thirty years?

Donald Trump walks towards the Oval Office after signing an executive order at an event announce global tariffs in the Rose Garden of the White House on Wednesday. Picture: AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein

US President Donald Trump has introduced the centrepiece of his electoral platform: global tariffs. 

On what he described as "Liberation Day" he produced a typical showbusiness background to the announcements that may well upend the whole nature of global trading. 

So what will it mean for this country, how we have been governed, and how the country has developed over the last thirty years?

Joining the podcast this week is Irish Examiner Political Editor Elaine Loughlin.

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