the first uk prime minister tojoin an eu leaders' meeting since brexit. his biographer tells hte bbc the tesla boss will go too far, with huge conflicts of interest in government office. live from london this is business today,

are reacting to the flurry of tariffs announced by president trump over the weekend. hit its lowest level since 2003. the mexican peso has also sunk. asian share markets are falling and the price trading partners. let's hear the latest from president trump who was asked by bbc whether we would rule out tariffs against the uk. in his crosshairs. we'll see how things work out, it might happen with that but it will definitely happen with the european union,

products, they take almost nothing, and we take is really out of line, the uk is out of line but i'm sure that one, is, it's an atrocity. from canada and mexico, except oilfrom canada both countries have already hit back, saying they will impose organization.

today about the tariffs he is imposing, due to come into effect at midnight on tuesday. consumers to choose canadian. action with 25% tariffs against $155 billion worth of american goods. of goods as of tuesday, followed by further tariffs on $125 billion worth of american products in 21 days�* time to allow canadian companies and supply chains to seek to find alternatives. kadee russ is professor

and chair of economics relationship between the us and canada. canada and mexico, exports to canada and mexico support with the simultaneous additional ten percentage point change but it wasn't completely unexpected.

japan is down 2.7%. european markets open 25 minutes�* will ”willbe ” will be across there, the us 7 there, the us wall are pointing to lower open, all on a sharply lower open, all on fears that a broad trade war and hit to global growth. and the hit to global growth. no reaction markets in and the hit to global growth. no reacti china narkets in and the hit to global growth. no reacti china narkets they are mainland china because they are close to the �* luna holiday. i asked justin urquhart—stewart, founder hurts all economies. inflationary, potentially, well, no, it is inflationary. so i'm afraid this is going to be bad news all the way

around and markets will react accordingly, we've already started seeing some impact certainly in the currencies. but it is rather perverse. to other countries. when it happened with china, for example, when you had but also, justin, we should mention china moved a lot be a good idea. but now obviously that has been hit from that angle as well. yes, and so really what trump will be doing is trying to make sure that no one is actually going to try and benefit from this. everything possible to try and make sure that anything is for the usa. less trade going on.

so it is just what we didn't need at this particular moment. so, what do we have to try and do? to find, i think, in politics. are having to think about? because obviously they've got to plan for the long term. president trump is in office now for the next four years manufacturing in canada, in mexico, like the big car—makers, for example, will not necessarily bring no, they won't because they made some strategic decisions. of course, the agreements were made with both mexico and canada with america in the tripartite agreement at lower tariff rates, so this goes directly against that.

very reluctant to do so because it is a big investment and you are not going to shut that down, particularly at a time, particularly at a time, for instance, when you've got, for instance, when you've got, say, car manufacturing say, car manufacturing going through such a major going through such a major change at that moment with electrification and other such issues coming. so look out for further changes to investment. that was the market reaction, that was the market reaction, as i mentioned, european as i mentioned, european trading day �*way in trading day gets under way in trading daygetsunder way in. minutes, i you. 20 minutes, iwill update trading day gets under way in 20 minutes, i will update you. sir keir starmer is heading to brussels to join a gathering of european union leaders 7 of european union leaders 7 this marks the first time this marks the first time a british prime minister has done so since brexit. starmer is heading over starmer is heading over the english channel for talks the english channel for talks meet nato secretary meet nato secretary general mark rutte. the trip is part of what he general mark rutte. calls a reset between the uk and the european union. and the european union.

i've been very clear since i became prime minister that i do want a reset of the relationship

general at the institute of export & international trade, and he said that even though officially this meeting is about defence, trade and tariffs this is a really important meeting and is the latest to get a much closer relationship with the eu, to try and overcome some to try and overcome some of those fairly significant of those fairly significant frictions that still exist frictions that still exist between trade with between trade with the eu and the uk. and with the threat of tariffs from the us, it is even more important, isn't it, that the eu and uk trade relationship improves but to what extent should it improve? should it improve? because there is a lot because there is a lot of pressure on the prime of pressure on the prime minister to get the uk back in the customs union of the single market, of the single market, they are adamant to say they are adamant to say we will not do that we will not do that but what they can talk but what they can talk about is food and animal about is food and animal products being traded more products being traded more freely, cooperation on energy, so what can we expect from these talks? from these talks?

these talks are specifically around defence, as you said. the real movement on things like trade will happen probably at the summit which is planned for later in the spring. and there are a whole raft of issues to be discussed, as you said, but with regards to food and drink, trading between eu and the uk. and also the opportunity, possibly, the uk to sign a convention, a pan— european mediterranean convention which links the eu nations, eastern mediterranean and north africa, and that again will help overcome some friction of that trade between the trading blocs, because the reality is too many uk businesses have withdrawn from trade with the eu and there is a growing fear that a lot of eu—based businesses will themselves withdraw from trading with the uk.

and at a time when we are facing the instability and uncertainty of the tariffs potentially being imposed by the us, it is really important that the uk

the eu ai act — phase one came into effect yesterday. this is the world's most significant and far—reaching to citizens�* health, safety, and fundamental rights within the eu. it includes a ban on al systems

such as social scoring, as well as a requirement that any company using ai in the eu must train its workers to use the technology safely. companies found not adhering to the new legislation at boston consulting group says it's time for companies to face reality — those rules are now here. is over, you need to place a professional risk management system on al systems, otherwise we will find you very steeply,

regulations across the globe. and, are we right in saying that the eu, when it comes to regulation of technology, ai etc, is ahead of the pack? are already fast followers and one of them is certainly the us, not on a federal level, of course, but texas, california and many other states, more than 70 other states, actually have implemented, or i should rather in asia and anywhere else, so i would say that the one the front runner, that

is certainly reached. make them more competitive in the ai race? thames water will seek approval for an emergency cash lifeline in court today as it faces running out of money in four weeks�* time. biggest water and waste company. today and we will update you here on bbc news. opec is meeting later today. trump has asked saudi arabia to lift production and bring prices kept steady by production curbs last year.

also in focus are the tariffs on us energy imports of the oil us refiners process into fuels such as gasoline and heating oil. the author of the elon musk biography has said that the ceo of tesla will go too far when it comes to the conflicts walter isaacson says that while elon musk a year. business correspondent, isaacson discusses what the trump administration means for elon musk�*s business

it cuts both ways, i,mean,. ,, a , , two years ago. in my book, i show exactly how he has an algorithm so he can manufacture a million electric vehicles when general motors so, you pull him away from that, on the other hand, by being in the administration, whether the national highways safety board or the other regulatory agencies, he gets to barrel forward. stock, which is what it is, it is stock that will involve ai, robotics and self—driving cars. but can the richest man in the world avoid such big to heading up doj and being in charge of cutting government no, i don't think that,

if you had to list the trades he is going to push limits, he is going to break limits, and it is going to cause some problems, but it is we had been a nation of risk—takers and we became nations with more referees than risk takers, more builders than risk—takers and maybe it will be interesting, i think he will go too far, he thinks he will go too far because he always says, if you haven't gone too far tried hard enough. so it's going to reverse this notion of we have a whole lot occurring down the line, and what kind of issues do you think they may clash over or personality traits that may lead to that?

work for somebody. so musk is not going to be just a puppet for donald trump, it is going to last about a year because and they both need each other because trump really does, is all from business

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collected through our the government says it's committed to protecting the decline in species. well, for many of us it was a fine second half of the weekend with plenty of blue sky sunshine on offer as we head through the first full week of february, too, but it is quite a mixed week of weather ahead. up towards the north and the west for many. approaching the far north west of scotland, blustery here, and it is also a mild start to monday morning.

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we'll start to see a few wintry showers over higher ground but conditions brighten up nicely here, there staying rather grey but staying mild for south—east england. which is set to stay the rest of the week. the cooler air marked in blue starting to push in. drop in temperature by day and night.

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