Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy intensifies efforts to galvanize greater political and financial support; Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) will elect a new leader to become the next prime minister; the United States and Canada each impose a 100 percent tariff on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs); and Sri Lanka’s new president, Marxist Anura Kumara Dissanayake, calls for national elections.
Mentioned on the Podcast
Kimberly Clausing and Mary E. Lovely, “Why Trump's Tariff Proposals Would Harm Working Americans),” Peterson Institute for International Economics
Joshua Yaffa, “Volodymyr Zelenskyy Has a Plan for Ukraine’s Victory),” New Yorker
Sheila A. Smith, “The LDP Leadership Race: Six More Join, a Field of Nine),” CFR.org
Sheila A. Smith, “The LDP Leadership Race: The Early Birds),” CFR.org
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit The World Next Week at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/twnw/zelenskyys-diplomatic-drive-japans-new-leader-us-and-canadian-tariffs-chinas-evs-and-more)
