Season 5, Episode 14: Keith Prather: Dr. Kuehl’s partner at Armada; talks to members about our very first trade deal.

ASA Chief Economist Dr. Chris Kuehl is out this week, but we are still back with a special economic update podcast hosted by Keith Prather: Managing Director at Armada. In Season 5, Episode 14 (11:56 in length), Keith talks to members about our first trade deal in the post April 2nd tariff negotiations. He breaks down what is really coming out of this trade to ASA members.

• What are the direct benefits between the U.K. & the U.S.?
• Export opportunities - A healthy lift for that sector.
• How is the automotive industry being hit?
• What happens to Americans who already own British made cars?
• Manufacturing – what has been challenging & what is the problem?
• Will supplies of steel and aluminon adequately supply our needs? Will this be stabilized?
• Will there be a secure supply chain of production when it comes to big pharma?
• The flow of goods between the U.K. & the U.S. – will it be fast?
• Will we have alliances? Is there a trusted relationship?
• Why does this deal may or may not look like the deals we get
• out of some of the Asian countries?
• What are the differences between the Asian deals and the U.K. deals?
• What does the U.S. really want to come into the states?
• Will the 10% base tariff really go into place?
• Will domestic suppliers get hurt at all during this Asian trade? What will the U.S. do?
• Is this trade a template on how trades / deals will be moving forward?

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