William Brangham:
That’s right, Amna.
In addition to those, some of the other nations targeted are Myanmar and Laos at 40 percent, Cambodia and Thailand at 36 percent. Japan and South Korea will get 25 percent tariffs.
For more on the implications this will have on the relationship between America and its Asian allies, we are joined by Wendy Cutler. She’s the vice president at the Asia Society Policy Institute, and previously was acting deputy U.S. trade representative.
Wendy Cutler, thank you so much for being here.
I wonder, how serious are these nations taking these tariff threats? The president argues that he is making them to trigger dealmaking. Do you believe that that’s what’s going to actually happen here?
