Economist Jeffrey Sachs is back in focus as his 2025 speech at the University of the Free State resurfaces, drawing renewed attention to his criticism of US economic and foreign policy under Donald Trump.
Sachs has repeatedly argued that Trump’s tariffs, trade policies and unilateral approach are destabilising the global economic system. His UFS Prestige Lecture, delivered in November 2025, focused on Africa’s long-term economic growth, investment, education and the changing global order.
Watch this special LIVE coverage revisiting Sachs’s remarks, his criticism of Trump’s economic policies, the impact of tariffs on global trade and his wider warning about America’s changing role in the world economy.
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