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Trump Pauses Tariffs, Businesses Welcome Relief, Trump Targets Former Officials
Let's do a show. What the heck? On a Thursday that I thought was a Friday.
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Trump Pauses Tariffs, Businesses Welcome Relief, Trump Targets Former Officials
NPR White House correspondent Franco Ordonez was there. He joins us now. Good morning, Franco.
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Trump Pauses Tariffs, Businesses Welcome Relief, Trump Targets Former Officials
So you were at the White House yesterday in the Oval Office. Tell us about this really big day.
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Trump Pauses Tariffs, Businesses Welcome Relief, Trump Targets Former Officials
So how much of this had to do with the markets? Is this an about face?
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Trump Pauses Tariffs, Businesses Welcome Relief, Trump Targets Former Officials
Okay, so what happens now? There's a 90-day pause, and then what?
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Trump Pauses Tariffs, Businesses Welcome Relief, Trump Targets Former Officials
Right. And then to be clear, the president has spent a lot of time talking about China's trade practices. And again, those tariffs are still there on China. So how does this shift affect the country?
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Trump Pauses Tariffs, Businesses Welcome Relief, Trump Targets Former Officials
That's White House correspondent Franco Ordonez. Thank you, Franco.
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Trump Pauses Tariffs, Businesses Welcome Relief, Trump Targets Former Officials
With the markets way down and now way up, how are businesses responding to the latest twist in this trade war? To understand that, we're joined by NPR's chief economics correspondent, Scott Horsley. Good morning, Scott.
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Trump Pauses Tariffs, Businesses Welcome Relief, Trump Targets Former Officials
Okay, it's pretty clear that the stock market was not happy with the president's tariffs. How are investors feeling now?
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Trump Pauses Tariffs, Businesses Welcome Relief, Trump Targets Former Officials
Right. And as we heard from Franco earlier, not all tariffs are gone, right?
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Trump Pauses Tariffs, Businesses Welcome Relief, Trump Targets Former Officials
And people are going to lose their jobs. And I might be one of them. How are business owners thinking about survival? And President Trump has issued executive orders targeting two individuals from his first administration. The latest examples of the president using the full power of his office to exact retribution on his perceived enemies. So stay with us.
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Trump Pauses Tariffs, Businesses Welcome Relief, Trump Targets Former Officials
Okay, and Trump has not lowered the tax on goods from China. In fact, he's raised it. What impact is that going to have?
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Trump Pauses Tariffs, Businesses Welcome Relief, Trump Targets Former Officials
NPR's Scott Horsley, I'm sure, will be talking again soon. Thank you, Scott.
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Trump Pauses Tariffs, Businesses Welcome Relief, Trump Targets Former Officials
President Trump signed two executive orders targeting individuals from his first administration.
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Trump Pauses Tariffs, Businesses Welcome Relief, Trump Targets Former Officials
Here to help us understand what happened and why is NPR political correspondent Ashley Lopez. Good morning, Ashley. Good morning. Okay, let's start with Chris Krebs. What exactly does this executive order say?
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Trump Pauses Tariffs, Businesses Welcome Relief, Trump Targets Former Officials
So what are some examples of what he says Krebs was censoring?
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Trump Pauses Tariffs, Businesses Welcome Relief, Trump Targets Former Officials
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Trump Pauses Tariffs, Businesses Welcome Relief, Trump Targets Former Officials
So this sounds sort of similar to the executive orders Trump has issued against private law firms.
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Trump Pauses Tariffs, Businesses Welcome Relief, Trump Targets Former Officials
So what does this tell us about the priorities of the president and his administration?
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Trump Pauses Tariffs, Businesses Welcome Relief, Trump Targets Former Officials
NPR political correspondent Ashley Lopez. Thank you, Ashley.
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Trump Pauses Tariffs, Businesses Welcome Relief, Trump Targets Former Officials
Today's episode of Up First was edited by Roberta Rampton, Raphael Nam, Megan Pratt, Lisa Thompson, and Janae Williams. It was produced by Ziad Butch, Nia Dumas, and Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Nisha Hynas, and our technical director is Carly Strange. Join us again tomorrow.
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Trump Pauses Tariffs, Businesses Welcome Relief, Trump Targets Former Officials
Yeah, but I feel it when you're not here.
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Trump Pauses Tariffs, Businesses Welcome Relief, Trump Targets Former Officials
There was a big turning point Wednesday in the drama over President Trump's trade policy.