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stephanie rickard is professor of political science at the london school of economics.e. before, and we know that they have downstream impacts. so estimates suggest that for every one job in us steel there are 80 jobs in downstream industries, industries that use steel as products. so these tariffs potentially raise the cost of steel and, interestingly, for the relationship between canadian etc, the whole thing is so complicated, isn't it? of the border. it's very complicated and we see goods and parts and, today, he has ripped that up and said you can't trust and, really, canada is in a difficult position and that's very difficult, not only because of the integration providing steel to americans. do you see that happening? we can look back to when he imposed these types of tariffs during his first administration. we saw 25% tariffs on steel. of us jobs in the steel industry remained relatively unchanged at about 140,000 people. when it comes to what he calls reciprocal tariffs, do you think we will hear more soon about that and, if so, i'm assuming this is where we'll

fawaz gerges is a professor of international relations at the london school of economics. sement of these latest hostage and let's focus on at the positives right now. five exchanges of hostages and think of the families and loved ones of the israeli the ceasefire still holds. 2 million palestinians can breathe a bit for now, they are not being killed and maimed. the challenge facing the international community is president trump's statement about forcing the palestinians out of gaza to the israeli prime minister's overarching aim to defeat hamas and expel hamas from gaza. besides that, we have seen in the past few hours, what hamas really was trying to do was a show of strength, telling the world that it controls gaza militarily the palestinian people in gaza and hamas are the next few days and weeks. are there moves to try and change some of the grounds for stage two to go ahead, because part of that included israeli forces making a complete withdrawal? benjamin netanyahu will have pressure on the right there must be huge pressure from all those hostage families for every

steel and aluminium — but we'll be discussing that over the next couple of weeks. at the london school of economicsold me about the potential impact of president trump's tariffs. we've seen these types of tariffs from trump before, in terms of the impact on canada, this is significant. we've got companies who have operations on both it's very complicated and we see goods and parts going back and forth across this border. the united states and canada. against the united states. of the us economy. do you see that happening? we can look back to when he imposed these types of tariffs during his first administration. we saw 25% tariffs on steel. there were some exemptions, but, in that case, unchanged at about 140,000 people. when it comes to what he calls reciprocal tariffs, do you think we will hear more soon about that and, if so, what's in his sights? nervous about, lots of trade watchers are nervous about, and the markets are nervous about. he's threatening to impose tariffs on any country that has tariffs on us goods. and thinking about ways, not only to retaliate of these tariffs and strike a dea

fawaz gerges is a professor of international relations at the london school of economics. e his assessement of these latest israeli let's really focus on the positives for now, forjust a minute. five exchanges of hostages and prisoners, think of the families and the beloved ones of the hostages, israeli hostages, and palestinian prisoners and captives. the cease fire still holds. two million palestinians now can breathe a bit. they're not being killed and maimed. the challenge facing the international community is that for the second phase of the ceasefire, my fear is that i don't think the ceasefire, the second phase of the ceasefire will see the light of the day because of a variety of questions, from president trump's statement about, you know, forcing the palestinians out of gaza to israeli prime minister's overarching aim to defeat hamas and expel hamas from gaza. and the sites that we have seen in the past few hours, what hamas really was trying to do, controls gaza militarily and politically, is still standing, despite the fact that it's been weakened. and the palest

fawaz gerges is a professor of international relations at the london school of economics. xchanges of hostages and prisoners — and captives. the ceasefire still holds. 2 million palestinians now can breathe a bit for now, the challenge facing the international community is telling the world that it controls gaza militarily and politically and it is still standing despite the fact the palestinian people in gaza and hamas are the next few days and weeks. are there moves to try and change some of the grounds for israeli forces making a complete withdrawal? there must be huge pressure from all those hostage families for everyone to be released. absolutely correct. hostages on stage, forcing them to thank hamas, on benjamin netanyahu and his coalition to go ahead with the second phase to get all the hostages, israeli hostages back. so, the reality is there is a great deal of pressure on benjamin netanyahu internally, but we know in the past 15 months that the internal pressure was not effective. are concerned about what donald trump did in his meeting he really threw a grenade a

banassi program director for the masters in need of communication and development at the london school of economics. i'm christina brown and shaheen with lauren co hosts of the on council culture podcast. thank you all so much for your time. thank you for being part of the discussion today, christine, and show him. i'd like to start with you. we decided to do this. busy because as we observe the internet here on the stream, um, if you was like there's no escaping counsel culture as a concept. but as a concept that has evolved over the years and it has different meaning to different people. can i get you to 1st define what council culture actually is? of course i think when we talk about cancel culture, we are specifically referring to parts of reality or the idea that people deserve to be punished when they do things that we don't like or that wouldn't gain to be socially unacceptable. and when we talk about cancel culture, but just using language that is accessible to more people to be ality is that there is no such thing as canceled culture. cancel culture is just basically car. so reality and it

of the world economic order. but that could end up in beijing say about felipe. the ground is a political economist and cindy, a visiting fellow at the london school of economics, european institution, he joins us now from london. good senior philip. so who blinked 1st. canada and mexico or the us was the threat. genuine was the whole thing. po, theater. that's a good question and i think we've obviously the 1st act of what's going to be alone, unavailable play. i mean, clearly kind of the mexico initial type of advantage to give trump enough for him to retract his tar so you can say that a trumpeting fast. but i think the trump is going to be coming back uh, football. this is just the 1st of his many erratic acts that we're going to see over the next 4 years. interesting that you say a rustic if trump does indeed go ahead and eventually imposes terrace on canada and mexico. and the issue is, what is the additional terrace on china? is that gonna spark a trade full of what would that looked like? yes, i think we all kinds of have a global tribal. i think that a truck is ditching a for a fine. and i think, but his strategy in so far as he has one seems to be, but you saw

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last week at davos, i sat down with qiu jin, an associate professor of economics at the london schoolf economics. cajun, pleasure to have you. >> great to be with you, fareed. >> so you say that china is better prepared for a divorce with america than america. what do you mean by that? >> well, china has long been preparing for less exposure to the u.s., diversifying in all ways, not just in terms of trading partners investment, but also currencies and payment system. and whichever president comes around, that plan hasn't changed. in fact, the first time around, the trump tariff wars have set off this complete globalization frenzy among the chinese companies, 80 something percent of them have already implemented going abroad plans. >> so they're trying to create foreign markets that are not american and things like that. but still, there's a huge amount that they do sell to america. and the tariffs would hurt, right. >> the tariffs will hurt both countries. but you've seen already a gradual kind of redirection of trade to other countries. in fact if you look at the ev solar panels and

kennedy study at the london school of economics and received his law degree from the university of virginia law school and a masters degree in environmental law from pace university. he has founded two advocacy groups and has spent the last 40 years working to restore and protect children's health. he was a former independent candidate in the 2024 presidential election and president trump nominated him this year to be in november of 2024 to be the hhs secretary. in announcing his nomination, president trump stated mr. kennedy will restore these agencies to the traditions of gold standard scientific research and beacons of transparency and end the chronic disease epidemic and make america great and healthy again. before you give your opening statement mr. kennedy, i have four obligatory question that we ask all nominees before this committee. first, is there anything that you are aware of in your background that might present a conflict of interest with the duties of the office to which you have been nominated? mr. kennedy: no, mr. chairman. chair crapo: do you know of any reason personal or

joining us now london school of economics associate professor qiu jin, welcome. ou this morning. >> great to be with you. >> you know, a lot of what we do is talk about china through an investable angle. as we were just discussing on the desk here, by virtue of one of the greatest money managers ever increasing his positions. they're not running for the hills. and i'm wondering how you think we should view this pending trade war 2.0 between these two nations, and how china might be better prepared this time around to deal with it based on its first experience? >> well, chinese assets are looking very compelling these days in terms of prices. and indeed, many believe that the chinese has economy has reached a bottom. but of course, it would a lot depend on the response to the trade war. first of all, i think that china doesn't want to escalate and really engage in a full trade war, but it does want to have a reaction rather than just sit back because it wants to have a strong position when it's actually coming back to the negotiation table. so in fact, it is a stra