The US and China put a pause on the trade war. What’s the local impact?
US and Chinese officials said Monday they had reached a deal to roll back most of their recent tariffs and call a 90-day truce in their trade war to allow for more talks on resolving their trade disputes. However, Economists warned that tariffs still remained higher than before and that the outcome of future talks was uncertain. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the US agreed to drop its 145% tariff rate on Chinese goods by 115 percentage points to 30%, while China agreed to lower its rate on U.S. goods by the same amount to 10%. The US rate is still three times higher than it was prior to President Trump’s current tariff tear. While this pause has already impacted the stock market in the short term, the long-term effects of the truce — and even those of the original 145% tariff rate — will take time to wiggle through the economy. As one of the nation’s economic powerhouses, the Los Angeles region is seeing the brunt of these impacts. Joining AirTalk today to discuss how this tariff whiplash is affecting SoCal is David Lynch, global economics correspondent for The Washington Post, and Nick Vyas, founding executive director of the Randall R. Kendrick Global Supply Chain Institute at USC.
AI Series: How is AI impacting college learning?
It is not news that college students are using artificial intelligence to help finish an assignment here and write a paper there. Teachers have tried AI-proofing their assignments but often to no avail. In his recent article Everyone is Cheating Their Way Through College for New York Magazine, writer James Walsh takes a deep dive into how AI is being used by college students, how often professors can detect the use of AI, and the ways it might be impacting learning. Joining us this morning on AirTalk is features writer for New York Magazine, James Walsh and Associate Professor of Education at USC and Associate Director of USC Center for Generative AI and Society, Stephen Aguilar. We want to hear from you? Are you a university professor and navigating the use of AI amongst your students? Call us at 866-893-5722 or email us at atcomments@laist.com.
SoCal History: When Los Angeles gangs declared a truce
Just a handful of days before violence erupted during the LA uprising of 1992 in South Los Angeles, a monumental effort on the side of peace reached its conclusion. On April 26, 1992, a peace treaty signed by leaders from four of the major gangs in the Watts neighborhood went into effect. The treaty was meant to put an end to violence between the Grape Street Crips, PJ Watts Crips, Bounty Hunter Bloods and Hacienda Village Bloods. The treaty was seen as a way to end the increasingly violent confrontations between gang members and allow them to focus on the underlying social and economic issues their members and communities faced. While skepticism surrounding the treaty was thick, over time, it was attributed to a decrease in violent crimes in the area. But while crime decreased, the problems that led to SoCal’s gang activity continued on. Today on AirTalk, Austin Cross speaks with William J. Aceves, a law professor at California Western School of Law in San Diego, who has written extensively on the Watts Truce.
Take AirTalk out to the ball game – a special program from Dodger Stadium
It wouldn’t be a celebration of Larry Mantle and AirTalk without a trip to Dodger Stadium! We listen to a special broadcast of AirTalk from the ballpark in front of an audience as we continue to mark the 40th anniversary of AirTalk. Guests joining Larry include team historian Mark Langill, former LAist All Things Considered host, Nick Roman, NPR Morning Edition host, A Martínez, journalist and author of The Long Game Newsletter, Molly Knight, and Dodger Stadium Executive Chef, Christine Gurriets.
