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🗓️ 27 March 2025
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0:00.0 | Good evening. I'm Omna Nawaz. And I'm Jeff Bennett. On the news hour tonight, the fallout from new tariffs the Trump administration is imposing on cars and auto parts. |
0:13.5 | The Secretary of Homeland Security tours an El Salvador prison housing alleged gang members from the U.S. |
0:20.5 | We speak to one of the top lawyers challenging the deportations. |
0:24.5 | And in rural Nebraska, how trade wars and federal funding cuts are complicating daily life |
0:30.2 | for some of the people who voted to put President Trump back in office. |
0:34.6 | I did not expect there to be such a massive quick rash cut to the federal government. |
0:41.5 | I really expected it to be logical. |
1:01.3 | Welcome to the News Hour. Foreign leaders in Europe, Canada, and Asia tonight sharply criticized President Trump's announcement of 25% tariffs on imported cars and car parts, |
1:08.1 | with some suggesting they may strike back with new tariffs of their own. |
1:12.1 | Nearly half of all passenger vehicles sold in the U.S. last year were assembled outside the country. |
1:18.4 | Experts said the tariffs could upend the global automotive industry and raise prices for consumers. |
1:23.6 | The administration said the move, scheduled to take effect next week, would spur domestic manufacturing |
1:29.3 | and lead to over $100 billion in new annual revenue. |
1:33.3 | French President Emmanuel Macron called it both a betrayal and bad economic policy. |
1:39.3 | Imposing tariffs means breaking value chains. |
1:45.0 | It means creating in the short term an inflationary effect and destroying jobs. |
1:50.0 | So it is not good for the American or the European economy. |
1:53.0 | In the same way, it is not good for the Canadian or Mexican economy. |
1:56.0 | I find there to be a sort of paradox in seeing the main allies of the United States to be the first ones taxed. |
2:03.1 | For more now, we're joined by Gavin Bade. |
2:05.4 | He's trade and economic policy reporter for the Wall Street Journal. |
2:08.4 | Gavin, welcome. Thanks for being here. |
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