Trump Backs Down on Tariffs: What Next?

In today’s episode, we cover Trump’s tariff u-turn, a US-Russia prisoner swap, a fatal disaster in the Dominican Republic, and France’s potential recognition of Palestine.

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✍️ Trump Backs Down on Tariffs

https://on.ft.com/3XTqx60https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y66qe404pohttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp8vyy35g3mt • https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce3qnyr7y94t?post=asset%3Ac9f0d287-b7b3-4a40-8a49-8e11d6cbe2c0#post •

✍️ US-Russia Prisoner Swap

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ksenia-karelina-prisoner-exchange-moscow-us-15ac0dcf76c670eaf47efda7b756afc6https://www.reuters.com/world/jailed-us-citizen-released-prisoner-swap-with-russia-lawyer-says-2025-04-10/ •

✍️ Dominican Republic Disaster

https://apnews.com/article/jet-set-nightclub-roof-collapse-dominican-republic-d135f5c315e47f1855fd2973fc34f656https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/10/dominican-republic-roof-collapse-search-survivors-ends •

✍️ Will France Recognise Palestine?

https://www.politico.eu/article/france-could-recognise-palestinian-state-june-emmanuel-macron/https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/04/10/macron-announces-potential-recognition-of-palestinian-state-in-june_6740055_4.html •

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