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Will Trump鈥檚 tariffs start a global trade war?

And how will the UK be affected?

Donald Trump has announced sweeping new universal tariffs tonight on all imports into the United States. Justin, Sarah and Anthony unpack the U.S. president鈥檚 speech at the White House. Which countries are worst affected? How will the UK be impacted? And what are the chances Trump will change his mind again and roll back on some of his announcements?

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鈥 Sarah Smith, North America Editor
鈥 Anthony Zurcher, North America Correspondent
鈥 Justin Webb, Radio 4 Presenter

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