In this second instalment of his interview with Alexis Papazoglou, Thomas Sampson highlights the many uncertainties the future of global trade faces and argues that the biggest policy question for countries around the world is whether they need to design a new economic model that no longer relies on trading with the United States. This conversation took place on Wednesday April 9, hours before Donald Trump temporarily paused all tariffs above 10 per cent, with the exception of China, but the transcript has been updated accordingly since then.

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11 April 2025

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LSE Politics and Policy

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https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/do-trumps-tariffs-signal-the-end-of-globalisation/

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