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Myanmar Quake, Who Pays Tariffs, E.O. Impacts On Arts
I'm Eder Peralta and this is Up First from NPR News. Recovery efforts are underway in Myanmar and neighboring Thailand. We have the latest...
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Myanmar Quake, Who Pays Tariffs, E.O. Impacts On Arts
Buildings topple and Myanmar's military government makes a rare plea for international aid.
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Myanmar Quake, Who Pays Tariffs, E.O. Impacts On Arts
And how the administration's anti-diversity efforts may affect your local theater or children's museum.
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Myanmar Quake, Who Pays Tariffs, E.O. Impacts On Arts
If you ask the White House, it's foreign countries. Here's how Trump put it on Inauguration Day.
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Myanmar Quake, Who Pays Tariffs, E.O. Impacts On Arts
But it's not really foreign countries picking up the tab. NPR's White House correspondent, Danielle Kurtzleben, is here to walk us through how it works. Hey there, Danielle.
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Myanmar Quake, Who Pays Tariffs, E.O. Impacts On Arts
So Trump says this all the time, that tariffs are paid by foreign countries. Explain what actually happens when an import comes into the U.S. ?
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Myanmar Quake, Who Pays Tariffs, E.O. Impacts On Arts
Okay, so the money isn't being paid directly by foreign countries. So then there's a question of who actually ultimately pays the cost.
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Okay, so what does the evidence show? I mean, do foreign countries lower their prices in response to tariffs?
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Myanmar Quake, Who Pays Tariffs, E.O. Impacts On Arts
In Myanmar, state-run media now say more than a thousand people are dead after an earthquake in the center of the country. It was so powerful it was felt 600 miles to the south in the Thai capital Bangkok. A skyscraper that was under construction there collapsed, leaving dozens buried.
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Myanmar Quake, Who Pays Tariffs, E.O. Impacts On Arts
Has Trump addressed this question of who's actually on the hook for tariffs?
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Myanmar Quake, Who Pays Tariffs, E.O. Impacts On Arts
So speaking of other countries, I mean tariffs don't hurt other countries at all?
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Myanmar Quake, Who Pays Tariffs, E.O. Impacts On Arts
And peers, Danielle Kurtzleben, thank you.
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Myanmar Quake, Who Pays Tariffs, E.O. Impacts On Arts
And if you've ever visited Scott there in Washington, D.C., you may have been inside one of the free Smithsonian museums or attended a show at the Kennedy Center. All those places are, to differing degrees, undergoing changes.
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Myanmar Quake, Who Pays Tariffs, E.O. Impacts On Arts
And that's up first for Saturday, March 29th, 2025. I'm Eder Peralta.
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Myanmar Quake, Who Pays Tariffs, E.O. Impacts On Arts
Martin Patience, Fernando Narro, and Gabriel Donatoff produced today's episode. Ed McNulty edited along with Miguel Macias, Roberta Rampton, and Jennifer Vanasco.
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