Prisoner Swaps and the Challenges of Diplomacy

On day one of his second term, President-elect Donald Trump promises to impose heavy tariffs on Canada and Mexico and increase tariffs on China as part of a pressure campaign to end the flow of illegal immigration and drugs crossing America’s northern and southern borders. However, those countries are the top suppliers of total imports in the United States, and economists warn the tariffs could spike consumer prices. FOX Business correspondent Edward Lawrence joins to break down the President-elect's plan and the economic transition.

In what became the largest prisoner swap with Russia since the end of the Cold War, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and Marine veteran Paul Whelan were released from Russian prisons on August 1st of this year. Jared Halpern reflects on his conversation with former CIA Chief of Station and FOX News Contributor Dan Hoffman to discuss the historic prisoner swap and its significance for U.S. diplomacy.

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