<p>The trade war is escalating. The world’s two biggest economies - the USA and China - are now going head to head on tariffs, with <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/04/08/trump-tariffs-china-trade-war-ftse-100-markets-latest-news/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Donald Trump threatening Xi Jinping with an extra 50% tariff</a> if China doesn’t withdraw its own 34% counter-tariff, which itself was a reciprocal response to Trump’s original tariff set out last week.</p><br><p>Amid fears of a global recession, Camilla and Kamal are joined in the studio by former Tory leader and eminent China-hawk Iain Duncan Smith, who says the President is right to take on Beijing with the world having turned a blind eye for too long. He also explains how Chinese soldiers have been caught <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/04/08/ukraine-russia-war-chinese-soldiers-captured-zelensky/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">fighting for Russia in Ukraine</a>. </p><br><p>Plus, Prince Harry is back in the UK, this time to take on the Home Office, as he <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2025/04/08/prince-harry-uk-taxpayer-funded-security-court/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">arrives at the High Court to argue the case for taxpayer-funded security</a> whenever he is in the country. We get the latest from our deputy royal editor Victoria Ward, who’s inside the court. And Camilla reviews <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2025/04/08/confessions-of-a-female-founder-podcast-meghan-review/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Meghan Markle’s new podcast “Confessions of a Female Founder”</a> - warning, it’s not pretty. </p><br><p>Producers: Georgia Coan</p><p>Senior Producer: John Cadigan</p><p>Planning Editor: Venetia Rainey</p><p>Social Media Producer: Rachel Duffy</p><p>Video Editor: Andy Mackenzie</p><p>Studio Director: Meghan Searle</p><p>Editor: Camilla Tominey</p><p>Original music by Goss Studio</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
