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Swamp Notes: Trading tariffs for votes

Joe Biden once criticised Donald Trump’s trade war with China, but things look a lot different in an election year. The FT’s US climate reporter, Aime Williams, and US financial editor, Brooke Masters, join Swamp Notes to explain why the president announced such sweeping tariffs on Chinese goods this week, and how it could help him win votes.  Mentioned in this podcast:<a href="https://on.ft.com/3K0L01p" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Why Washington’s new tariffs on Chinese clean tech goods matter</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/3K1sXbd" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Joe Biden and Donald Trump battle to prove who can be toughest on China</a><a href="https://ep.ft.com/newsletters/56a64b704f693a0300dfab7e/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sign up for the FT’s Swamp Notes newsletter here</a> Swamp Notes is produced by Ethan Plotkin, Sonja Hutson, Lauren Fedor and Marc Filippino. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. Special thanks to Pierre Nicholson. Original music by Hannis Brown.  <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/cee94f47-5710-44e5-a857-39e470fce1c3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</a> CREDIT: CBS News Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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