|
BBC reporters in the US, Canada and Mexico assess the fallout after Trump gets border promises in return for a 30-day pause on tariffs.
|
RELATED ARTICLES | | |
|
President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico, have alarmed allies and spooked markets over fears of a global trade war.
|
RELATED ARTICLES | | |
|
Plus, Beyoncé's long-awaited win.
|
|
The Panama Canal has sat at the center of global trade for more than a century, connecting two oceans. The things Americans use every day pass through here, from gas to food. And now, this spot is also at the center of President Trump's global expansionist agenda.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has just wrapped up a trip to Panama where he told the President that if China's influence over the canal isn't curbed the United States will take measures to protect its rights.
Trump's threat to take back the Panama Canal has the potential to reshuffle global politics. We're meet the people and the 51-mile waterway in the middle of it all.
For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org
Email us at considerthis@npr.org
|
|
 Against the backdrop of a brewing North American trade war, global markets opened to sharp losses on Monday morning, but made partial rebounds by noon after Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced that U.S. tariffs against her country would be delayed by one month.
|
|
