Episode 14

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9th May 2025

Behind the U.K. Deal: Economic Shifts After April Tariff Talks

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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About the Podcast

Keeping it Real Podcast with Dr. Kuehl
PHCP-PVF economic updates in less than 10 minutes.
A weekly podcast, “Keeping it Real with Dr. Kuehl,” debut in July 2020. In these podcasts, ASA Chief Economist, Dr. Chris Kuehl, provides a brief 5-10 minute economic update on areas of keen interest to ASA members, including industrial PVF commodities.