How have six months of US President Donald Trump shaken up the global economy? | BBC News

Tariffs, trade, tax, spending, energy and immigration are just some of the areas that have seen change thanks to a blitz of new policies from US President Donald Trump, but is there a coherent plan behind this lightning change?

Adam Posen from the Peterson Institute for International Economics explains why the US economy could be heading for more inflation and perhaps even towards recession.

And when it comes to tariffs, why have steel, aluminium and copper been singled out and will it really make any difference to domestic production?

Talking Business also hears from billionaire mining entrepreneur Robert Friedland, of Ivanhoe Mines and Ivanhoe Electric, about why these tariffs are key to America’s economic future.

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