Trump Tariffs Hurt Southeast Asia Economy

President Trump’s sweeping tariffs took effect last week, imposing seemingly arbitrary levies on goods arriving to America from much of the world. They range from 10% on UK-made products to 50% on shipments from Brazil. But one region has been hit particularly hard: South-East Asia. A growing share of US imports are made in the region, which has benefitted from a push by manufacturers to diversify their supply chains away from China. But do Trump’s tariffs, and his ill-defined crackdown on “transshipment”, threaten the factory model that has propelled the region’s growth?

Hosts: Ethan Wu, Alice Fulwood and Mike Bird. Guests: Louise Loo of Oxford Economics; former White House supply-chain expert Peter Harrell; and Malaysia’s deputy trade minister Liew Chin Tong.