1. Skip to content
  2. Skip to main menu
  3. Skip to more DW sites

Trump's tariffs: A risky bet?

26:04

This browser does not support the video element.

April 3, 2025

US President Donald Trump wants to protect American manufacturing and create jobs through tariffs. A risky bet threatening world trade? Our guests: Beatrix C. Keim (car expert); Claudia Schmucker (geoeconomic analyst); Clifford Coonan (DW) Erik Kirschbaum (LA Times)

 

Image: DW

 

 

Erik Kirschbaum,

American journalist working for publications including the LA Times.

 

Image: DW

 

 

Clifford Coonan,

DW reporter and business journalist.

 

 

Image: DW

 

Claudia Schmucker,

German Council on Foreign Relations, where she leads the Center for Geopolitics, Geoeconomics, and Technology.

 

 

Image: privat/DW

 

Beatrix C. Keim,

Director · CAR Center Automotive Research.

Skip next section About the show

About the show

To the point — International Debate from Berlin

Strong opinions, clear points of view, international agendas. Three journalists join our presenter and go straight to the point on an international issue that’s making news. It’s controversy and confrontation. It’s background and analysis. It’s the issues that are moving our world.

Skip next section DW's Top Story

DW's Top Story

Skip next section More stories from DW