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President Donald Trump has vowed tariffs of 50% on imports of copper into the US. The announcement sent prices for the metal soaring. It’s the president’s latest salvo in a tariff war which has hit companies in all sorts of sectors. Sean Farrington hears from the co-founder of a company that makes electric toothbrushes in China and sends them to the US. We also hear from a bicycle manufacturer that exports from Indonesia and Vietnam to the US. Elsewhere, we’re at the Great Yorkshire Show to talk to farmers about inheritance tax.
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President Donald Trump has vowed tariffs of 50% on imports of copper into the US. The announcement sent prices for the metal soaring. It’s the president’s latest salvo in a tariff war which has hit companies in all sorts of sectors. Sean Farrington hears from the co-founder of a company that makes electric toothbrushes in China and sends them to the US. We also hear from a bicycle manufacturer that exports from Indonesia and Vietnam to the US. Elsewhere, we’re at the Great Yorkshire Show to talk to farmers about inheritance tax.

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