Tariffs and Supply Chain Disruptions

US President Donald Trump’s constant changes to tariffs are wreaking havoc on US ports, logistics, and the price of goods. 

The temporary reduction on tariffs on goods from China is actually leading to more upheaval, uncertainty and chaos. 

Trump agreed to a 90 day pause last week on the 145 per cent tariff. But it’s still sitting at 30 per cent on Chinese imports, which small business are lobbying to avoid. 

• Guest: Juliette Kayyem - Lecturer and faculty chair of the homeland-security program at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, national security analyst for CNN, NPR, and a contributor to The Atlantic. Juliette served as President Obama’s Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs at the Department of Homeland Security, and wrote The Devil Never Sleeps: Learning to Live in an Age of Disasters.