Week of 4/17/2025 | Episode 9/12 -

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 — Trump’s historical reference to tariffs as pre-income tax policy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