Segments From This Episode

• Just how universal are those universal tariffs?

  by David Brancaccio

  Markets are moving — especially the U.S. dollar, which is down 1% to the euro this morning — with financial players focused on fresh news of Donald Trump’s tariff plans. Let’s discuss with Julia Coronado, founder of MacroPolicy Perspectives.

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• Social Security Fairness Act signed into law

  by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

  This weekend, President Joe Biden signed a measure to increase Social Security benefits for nearly 3 million people — government workers workers who get pensions outside of Social Security.

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• Tariffs on one country means gains for another

  In India, officials and businesses are considering strategies to take a piece of China’s U.S. trade, even though India’s tariffs on U.S. goods have rankled the president-elect and his team. The BBC’s Archana Shukla reports.

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