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Trump's tariff threats: Using trade as a weapon?

July 17, 2025

From Bussels to Moscow, Trump's tariff threats spare no one. Is the US President using trade as a geopolitical tool to blackmail the world? DW speaks to the following experts: John Kampfner (Journalist und Autor); Ursula Weidenfeld (Wirtschaftsjournalistin); Moritz Koch (Handelsblatt); Erik Kirschbaum (LA Times)

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Moritz Koch,

Head of Politics at the German business newspaper Handelsblatt

 

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John Kampfner,

British author and journalist 

 

 

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Ursula Weidenfeld,

a well-known economic journalist in Germany

 

 

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Erik Kirschbaum,

American author and journalist

 

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