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US President Donald Trump urges Americans to "hang tough" as his trade policy changes stir global economic unrest. A new 10% baseline tariff on imports to the US will affect several trading partners, including Brazil. In response, President Lula has promised to defend Brazilian businesses and workers, stating that his government will take "all appropriate measures" to protect them.

Also in the programme: Controversy around a home run hit with a "torpedo bat" during a baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Arizona Diamondbacks, with critics arguing that the bats give players an unfair advantage. Plus, a new public artwork featuring life-size puppet animals will travel across Africa and Europe, beginning next week in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Joining presenter Julian Worricker are Jane Kinninmont, a Policy and Impact Director at the European Leadership Network, and Anton Spisak, an Associate Fellow at the Centre for European Reform.

(Picture: Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during a ceremony at the Ulysses Guimaaes Convention Center in Bras铆lia, Brazil, 03 April 2025. Photo by Andre Borges/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)