I got a text from BBC late Saturday afternoon asking me if they could interview me for an early Sunday morning (London time) segment on Trump’s tariffs and the possibility of a trade war. They recorded it and, I believe, used about 75% of what I said.
Here it is.
My segment goes from about 2:00 to about 6:00.
Thanks to journalist Paul Schuster of “the Beeb.”
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Jun 3 2018
I got a text from BBC late Saturday afternoon asking me if they could interview me for an early Sunday morning (London time) segment on Trump's tariffs and the possibility of a trade war. They recorded it and, I believe, used about 75% of what I said. Here it is. My segment goes from about 2:00 to about 6:00. ...
READER COMMENTS
Mark Bahner
Jun 3 2018 at 11:48am
Hi David,
Good work! You’re an excellent interviewee. Great points, succinctly stated.
Mike Sandifer
Jun 3 2018 at 1:09pm
Good comments.
David R Henderson
Jun 3 2018 at 2:51pm
@Mark Bahner and Mike Sandifer,
Thanks.
Bill
Jun 3 2018 at 10:49pm
Well stated, sir.
It’s tough to break down the ideas that imports are somehow bad compared to exports and that because a foreign government punished merchants and consumers therefore the domestic government must further punish merchants and consumers.
Keep up the good fight!
Don Boudreaux
Jun 4 2018 at 8:10am
David,
Really nice job!
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