U.S. trade war with China escalates

By Asma Khalid,

Tamara Keith, John Ruwitch

Published April 10, 2025 at 9:11 AM EDT

Earlier this week, President Trump threatened to make the steep tariffs on China even steeper if China did not withdraw its retaliatory measures. Today, Trump kept his promise by levying a 104% tariff on Chinese goods that he then raised to 125% later in the day.

This episode: White House correspondents Asma Khalid and Tamara Keith and international correspondent John Ruwitch.

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Asma Khalid

Asma Khalid is a White House correspondent for NPR. She also co-hosts The NPR Politics Podcast.

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Tamara Keith

Tamara Keith has been a White House correspondent for NPR since 2014 and co-hosts the NPR Politics Podcast, the top political news podcast in America. Keith has chronicled the Trump administration from day one, putting this unorthodox presidency in context for NPR listeners, from early morning tweets to executive orders and investigations. She covered the final two years of the Obama presidency, and during the 2016 presidential campaign she was assigned to cover Hillary Clinton. In 2018, Keith was elected to serve on the board of the White House Correspondents' Association.

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John Ruwitch

John Ruwitch is a correspondent with NPR's international desk. He covers Chinese affairs.

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