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i'm steve lai. he said this in response to a question would you consider taxing the uk for example? with the european union, i can tell you that because they have products. they take almost nothing and we take everything from them.

millions of cars, a tremendous amount of food and farm product so the uk is way out of line and we will see. the european union is really out of line. be worked out. prime minister starmer wants a closer relation with the eu. prime minister starmer has been very nice. getting along well. with the european union, it is $350 billion deficit.

ahead for americans, after ordering 25% tariffs quote, �*ripping off�* america. the price." suggesting it will impose similar import duties of 25% on us goods. canada is also set to bring in retaliatory tariffs, to "choose canadian. " ordered an additional 10% beginning in canada. canada outlined how it would hit back, like the american tariffs,

our response will also be items such as american beer, wine and bourbon, the us tariff is 25% on all products i think it's a crazy idea and i'm surprised he is turning on canada like this. because we were always such good neighbours. but i also think it's going to hurt the us economy because here in ontario we make a lot of auto parts we sell to the us, they make cars. paid by the importer, not the exporter. $12,500. that cost can be passed on to

the customer through higher through lower profits orforeign exporters might need to lower wholesale prices to retain their us customers. president trump signed the tariffs people would understand it. to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars, by becoming the 51st state. countries to stop illegal immigration and the flow of drugs into the us. in turn, mexico's president accused mrtrump of doing nothing to combat of a trade war.

china faces a 10% levy on all goods and america imports. we should also increase tariffs. it should be a process of mutual his next target looks like being the european union, there is no word yet on whether he has the uk in his sights. nomia iqbal, bbc news, florida. together, china, mexico and canada accounted who's dean and professor of the chongyang institute for financial studies at renmin university. he was the chief opinion editor for the chinese communist party's english—language daily, the global times businesses across the province.

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with president mulino lasting around two hours. he wouldn't answer questions afterwards about how very warm greetings. but i think that belies the rapid tensions that coming here is they believe that this country is one chinese investment. and what the trump administration thinks is the ability for beijing effectively to be able to perhaps unpredictable

threats made to take back the canal, he says, and also refusing to rule out military force to do so. now, that has rattled people here in panama. the last two days, and it's created a real degree of fear invasion of panama in 1989. believe that the canal should remain in panamanian hands. negotiating position by president trump, and perhaps

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hello there. it was a fine second half of the weekend, as we head through the first full week of february too. with many of our temperatures in double figures to start off, but it's wet and windy, especially out towards the north and the west for many. with some overnight frost and it's also a mild start to monday morning. but across southeast england, east anglia, a touch of frost again. blustery for the western isles, for northwest scotland, some brightness across eastern scotland, a nice slice of sunshine developing for wales,

up through northern england, central—southern england too, but turning rather grey — but with lighter winds, those weather fronts just gradually sink further southwards and eastwards. 12 degrees celsius. but as we head through monday night, really too cloudy, too windy, too wet for some to see any kind of frost into tuesday morning. now, our cold front continues to push further southwards it as we head through tuesday. but we're starting off on a wet note there will be some sunshine. digging in behind our cold front, which will be clearing away as we head through tuesday night and into wednesday. and that is set to stay with us for the rest of the week.

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meanwhile, china has said it will implement "corresponding