Trump‘s tariff threats: Using trade as a weapon?

Name: Trump‘s tariff threats: Using trade as a weapon?
Uploaded: 2025-07-17T12:35:49.498Z
Duration: 26 min 4 s
Description: From Bussels to Moscow, Trump’s tariff threats spare no one. Is the U.S. President using trade as a geopolitical tool to blackmail the world? Our guests: John Kampfner (Journalist und Autor); Ursula Weidenfeld (Wirtschaftsjournalistin); Moritz Koch (Handelsblatt); Erik Kirschbaum (LA Times)

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From Bussels to Moscow, Trump’s tariff threats spare no one. Is the U.S. President using trade as a geopolitical tool to blackmail the world? Our guests: John Kampfner (Journalist und Autor); Ursula Weidenfeld (Wirtschaftsjournalistin); Moritz Koch (Handelsblatt); Erik Kirschbaum (LA Times)

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Moritz Koch,

Head of Politics at the German business newspaper Handelsblatt

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John Kampfner,

British author and journalist

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Ursula Weidenfeld,

a well-known economic journalist in Germany

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Erik Kirschbaum,

American author and journalist

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