William Beach, the former commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics who was nominated by President Donald Trump and led the agency during his first term, has condemned the firing of his successor, calling it "totally groundless" and warning that it "sets a dangerous precedent."

Trump has justified tariffs on goods from Canada, the top U.S. export market, by accusing it of failing to stop the cross-border flow of fentanyl, even though U.S. government data shows Canada accounts for only 1% of the fentanyl that enters the United States.

Fareed discusses the global effects of the Trump administration’s bold trade policy with Zanny Minton Beddoes, editor-in-chief of The Economist, and Oren Cass, founder and chief economist of the conservative think tank American Compass.

Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that set new tariffs on a wide swath of U.S. trading partners to go into effect on Aug. 7. The order drew worries from Wall Street Friday as stocks slumped and Treasury yields fell sharply.