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4 April 2025 

Listen: What Trump’s tariffs mean for Central and Eastern Europe

In this podcast, a replay of our live webinar, ING economists explain how Trump's tariff tsunami will impact Central and Eastern Europe, and why the region could be more resilient than most expect.

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US-EU tariff tensions are a threat to the export-driven economies of Central and Eastern Europe. But ING economists argue that the region has ways to manage the disruption, and a trade war could be a catalyst for much-needed change.

In this podcast, a replay of our live webinar, ING economists Inga Fechner, Rafal Benecki, Peter Virovacz, David Havrlant, Valentin Tataru, and Muhammet Mercan, discuss President Trump's decision this week to impose a 20% tariff on EU imports, how Poland, Hungary, Czechia, Romania, and Turkey (which faces a smaller 10% tariff) will feel the impact, and why they remain optimistic about the region's longer-term outlook.

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