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​Ian Bremmer on Trump's first 100 days
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​Ian Bremmer on Trump's first 100 days

The most revolutionary thing about Trump 2.0? More dysfunction, fewer results. Ian Bremmer⁩ examines President Trump’s first hundred days back in office, why America’s problems are getting bigger, and what comes next.

​Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem takes part in a news conference in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada April 16, 2025.
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Hard Numbers: BoC warily holds rates, Canada lobbies China for tariff relief, Trump gives borderlands to the Army, Global growth forecasts fall, Major League Baseball struggles to attract Black talent

2.75: Canada’s central bank held its key interest rate steady at 2.75% this week, ending a streak of seven consecutive cuts.

Trump tariff is starting a US-China trade war
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Trump tariff is starting a US-China trade war

Are the US and China rushing into a trade war? With an in-person nuclear talk set for Saturday, how confident is Trump that he can rein in Iran's nuclear program? Zelensky claims Ukrainian troops have captured two Chinese nationals fighting for Russia. How does it change the dynamics of the war? Ian Bremmer shares his insights on global politics this week on World In :60.

​U.S. President Donald Trump attends a press conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (not pictured) at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 27, 2025.
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Trump’s tariffs back on, until they’re not

US President Donald Trump announced Thursday that a 25% tariff on Mexican and Canadian goods will take effect on March 4, reversing comments made one day earlier that suggested a delay until April.

The case for Trump's tariffs
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

The case for Trump's tariffs

What will President-Elect Donald Trump’s election win mean for the US economy? After years of inflation and stagnating wage growth, millions of voters elected Trump off the back of his promise to usher in a “golden age of America.” Trump has vowed to raise tariffs, slash business regulation, and deport millions of undocumented immigrants, policies he says will put Americans first. But what will that mean practically for workers and consumers? On GZERO World, Ian Bremmer is joined by Oren Cass, the founder and chief economist of the conservative think tank American Compass, who thinks Trump’s tariff plan will be a step in the right direction.

How Trump's tariffs could help (or hurt) the US economy
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How Trump's tariffs could help (or hurt) the US economy

For almost as long as Donald Trump has been in the public eye, his economic worldview has been remarkably consistent: unfair trade deals and globalization have pumped millions into foreign economies while hurting US workers and businesses. That message resonated with voters who feel left behind by the global economy. Trump’s solution? Also very consistent: tariffs. Big ones. On Ian Explains, Ian Bremmer breaks down Donald Trump’s tariff plan and what it could mean for US consumers.

Line chart showing China's goods trade with the US, EU, and Japan
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The Graphic Truth: US-China: Cold War or Cold Cash?

We track China’s trade with the US, EU, and Japan, and how that has figured into China’s total trade between 2012 and now.