Tariffs didn’t bring manufacturing jobs back to the US
Decoder with Nilay Patel
- Published
- July 27, 2026
- Duration
- 1h 11m
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Aug 19, 2026
Discusses Evan Smith, cofounder and CEO of Altana, was last on the show in early 2025 to talk about how Trump’…
Summary
Evan Smith, cofounder and CEO of Altana, was last on the show in early 2025 to talk about how Trump’s first few waves of tariffs were starting to affect global trade. It was a very alarming and also very illuminating chat; Evan and I got into the existential weeds of international relations and economics almost immediately. A year and a half later, and ev…
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Evan Smith, cofounder and CEO of Altana, was last on the show in early 2025 to talk about how Trump’s first few waves of tariffs were starting to affect global trade. It was a very alarming and also very illuminating chat; Evan and I got into the existential weeds of international relations and economics almost immediately. A year and a half later, and everything is somehow even more chaotic than it was the last time Evan and I talked — and that’s true about both trade and also the world of runn