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Week of 4/17/2025 | Episode 12/12 –

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📌 Topics Covered This Week:

🔹 Tariff Timeline: From Market Panic to Power Plays

April 5: Markets in China, Japan, and Taiwan plunge after U.S. tariff escalation

April 8: China responds defiantly — “we’ve been here 5,000 years, we don’t need America”

April 10: Trump pauses tariffs for 90 days, triggering $3.5T in market gains

April 13: U.S. imposes 104% additional tariffs; Amazon cancels China inventory orders

🔸 Related Segments:

 — Kevin O’Leary demands 400% tariffs

 — Apple secretly flies in iPhones before tariff hit

 — Goldman Sachs reverses recession forecast

🔗 Bloomberg | CNBC

🔹 China Sues U.S. via WTO — But Claims It Doesn’t Need America

China files official complaint with the World Trade Organization over U.S. tariffs

Chinese officials claim the U.S. is an “unreliable partner” and cite China’s 5,000-year resilience

The Chinese yuan crashes to an 18-year low, fueling global trade anxiety

🔸 Related Segments:

 — Chinese companies flee to Cambodia to bypass tariffs

 — Yuan’s crash and global market ripple effects

 — Smart city tech: From China to the world

🔗 WSJ | SCMP

🔹 Is Trump Using Tariffs to Pressure the Fed on Rates?

Analysts suggest Trump’s aggressive tariff strategy may be aimed at forcing the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates

The tariff pause is seen as a calculated move to manipulate inflation data and increase market pressure

Critics warn this could create short-term gains but long-term economic instability

🔸 Related Segments:

 — 90-day pause leads to 7% S&P surge

 — Trump’s historical reference to tariffs as pre-income tax policy

 — Fed’s quiet resistance amid White House pressure

🔗 Financial Times | The Hill

🔹 Trump Under Investigation for Insider Trading Amid Tariff Pause

Federal officials are probing whether Trump allies benefited from advanced knowledge of the 90-day tariff pause

Points of focus include:

 — Suspicious ETF and defense stock purchases

 — Timing of Trump’s “good time to buy” remark

 — Private briefings to donors and hedge funds

🔸 Related Segments:

 — Eric Trump’s ETH comment and dump via @worldlibertyfi

 — Surge in market caps post-tariff announcement

 — Amazon inventory shifts as a reactive signal

🔗 Reuters | Bloomberg

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