it is more which era are we exiting and how to position. >> anneka treon, thank you. >> thank you. >>time for the check of the morning's top corporate stories with silvana henao. silvana, good morning. >> hi, frank. good morning. warner bros. is positioning itself as a possible partner with paramount global. sources tell cnbc, david sazlav expressed interest in the merger with the companies. the meeting took place tuesday at paramounts manhattan headquarters which lasted several hours and covered a wide range of partnership ideas and including how a merger of the streaming service of paramount plus and max could rival disney and netflix. >>> the biden administration is discussing raising tariffs on chinese goods, including electric vehicles in a move to boost the u.s. clean energy sector. this is moved by a bipartisan group of u.s. lawmakers last hundred to hike tariffs on chinese made vehicles and investigate ways to prevent chinese firms to export from mexico to the u.s. they face a 25% import levy into the u.s. >>> apple lost the attempt to delay the import ban according to the int