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people in the uk would rather train on thejob live from london, this is business today. president trump has rattled global markets once again — with a further escalation of rhetoric in the trade "reciprocal" — or matching — tariffs, coming into force plans to add a 25% tariff on all steel it comes as america's biggest steel—maker —
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allow the firm to invest. on his way to the super bowl in new orleans. what about aluminium? 10%? ten... no, 25%. 25% ? 25 for both. they won't have i think you agree with that. of stupidity and bad government — and also had management of the company — it lost that lustre. but it's going to gain it back, and tariffs are going to help.
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as of today, china is enforcing tariffs on us machinery. for ordinary americans? something the president was asked in an interview will be able to feel prices going down — groceries, i energy — or are you kind -
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of saying to them, hang on, look, we're not that rich right now. we owe $36 trillion. i'm not going to do that. jeff moon is a former assistant us trade representative for china, who now runs china moon strategies. i asked him why beijing appeared to be holding back on full retaliation against the us. well, i think beijing's goal is really to beijing runs a trade surplus with the united states trying to maintain that. but the retaliation that the chinese took was relatively modest in quantitative terms.
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what tiktok has experienced. experienced something similar. so i think that the media narrative that the chinese of what the chinese did and what it might mean. tariffs — notwithstanding the other measures — be because
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there are the tariffs that have been imposed on china for fentanyl. and then there are these steel and aluminium tariffs. of all these things, all of those tariffs, not just one. and so there's a lot of challenge ahead, specific about donald trump's plans for the european union. why do you think we're waiting so long for a suggestion on that? only imposes 2.5%.
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is preparing some kind of a package to present and are taking the preparations to face them. jeff newnham, former trade representative. ——jeff jeff newnham, former trade representative. —— jeff moon. markets in asia have been reacting to the latest trade are among those under pressure. especially on steel and aluminium. australia and vietnam on that list, as well. to have recovered slightly.
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was in the us last week to try and iron out the nippon steel to what's going on for the industry — and it looks like trump supports a deal for an investment rather than a takeover. is a big—bang policy that will then be scaled down. trump imposed 25% tariffs on steel and 10% on aluminium, but later granted several trading partners duty—free exemptions. with britain, the eu and japan. in response to these kinds of announcements.
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and experts from more than 80 countries are gathering speaking to journalists on sunday, france's president macron promised more than 100 billion euros a trillion dollar stargate project announced by the trump administration. intelligence over the next few years. the announcement by president macron is a sign of growing ai competition between the us, europe as our ai correspondent mark cieslak — who's at the summit — explains. action summit is seeing who is vying to become the next
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to the summit, including people like sam altman, us vice presidentjd vance will also be at the summit close behind the us, we have china. had costjust $6 million to develop — a lot less than the amounts we have seen from us and european rivals. the value of us tech stocks
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in just one day. i her the for at summit. so i think dominance and the race to ai dominance the us is certainly, if you look at the numbers, that they have and in the scale of investments in terms of regulation. mechanism here that's
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being trialled. opportunities plan. there's a bill in the mix. juncture where a lot of countries are doing and it's interesting. so what influence would you see him having on the the future path?
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to partner — partnership could be sought. the market—led approach that the us is hinting or even how it stacks up against what the uk ai opportunities action plan.
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back. against changes to inheritance tax rules. again on sunday. the protests come as mps debate a petition calling
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small family businesses. the national farmers union has warned that many were struggling to survive even before the tax changes. and have faced soaring fuel and fertilizer costs coupled with low prices for their produce. i really think there isn't anything like the sort of focus we should have on food production. in fact, we lack in this country a food production policy. you hearfar more
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about sustainability. food, two, to help the environment, and secure for households. they're also concerned about the push for house that we can't build more houses and have more fields for crops at the same time? solar farms, house building, etc.
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on your land, the value of it can go up ioo—fold. no, ithink... i don't worry so much far more food per hectare of land on those opportunities. we see no progress — any meaningful progress — british agriculture is part of the agri—food industry. it can help us with our targets for growth. we are going to really focus on that. but...
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0k. silence. says that six out of ten young people say they would with many of them citing the ability to earn money richard hamer is education director at bae systems — apprenticeships absolutely vital for bae systems. we have a record a600 in at vital for bae systems. we have a rs moment0 in at vital for bae systems. we have a rs moment and at vital for bae systems. we have a rs moment and basically at vital for bae systems. we have a rs moment and basically it is tfifgfffififfiéfii éfiii eééiiiélif if. is meeting our tfisfifisii’fisfii sfiii es’sisslif if. is meeting our order book ”rovidin skills, man of oui’ our needs, they 5
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stsrtssi'sff sss'ppr'sfiticss ss a startssi'sff as a'ppr'sfiticss ss a good model to it is a good model to revise need way of skills what we need in way of skills but provides but also provides progression for people to reach their ambitioss. for ambitions for the government to priority for the government to boost but i from employer i could i " ' i could this? to be doing more to government to be doing more to help businesses like yours to on take on apprentices? i think we have a take on apprentices? i think we have i a fabulous _ have got a fabolous’opportonity together and this week to work together and this week. is no to work together and this week is no better example, indeed lsoobetterexample, being national this being national week, so it is opportunity i opportunity for i an opportunity for big companies like bae systems to melt mettapprenticeships. help ~ ~ ~—~ ~ them and meltapprehticeships. help ~ ~ ~—~ ~ them and notjust for promote them and notjust for us but also for the promote them and notjust for us bl and o for the supply promote them and notjust for us bl and wider he supply promote them and notjust for us bl and wider he sudi the is, let's get together governmentremployers. and education, and promote apprenticeships to meet the needs of the country. big companies like bae systems are fortunate to have e i smaller companies have brands. smaller companies have which are not as defined brands. smaller companies have �* known iich are not as defined brands. smaller companies have �* known by| are not as defined brands. smaller companies have �* known by| are not as byiined or known by the public, by young people, so it is working
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together and i think the has a good government has got a good in place here and a strategy in place here and a good campaign a for good campaign for a skills for life which align week life which align with this week our own to �*from bae systems. that is your business. for [mus your business. stay for business news in just over more bosiness news in'jost'over an hour. stay with us here on bbc news. and toddlers were admitted to hospital in 202a with lung a million rental homes have being taken seriously.
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yeah. five—year—old isaiah is asthmatic. mould in the rented brighton flat he shares this is the toilet. oh, wow, that's a lot of mould. to be in good condition, but within two weeks the mould started to appear... coughing/wheezing. and this one says isaiah has experienced vomiting, it seems like the gp
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is concerned about isaiah being yeah. if you're breathing in damp air and you've already got asthma and you're more likely then to need antibiotics and/or his father repeatedly raised the issue with the housing association, but no action was taken. awaab�*s father, faisal, is not happy that the law still hasn't come into force. the time i spend with my child is only two years, .
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anyone is feeling - like their house is not i don't want it to be anyone going through the same - when i went through — - lose the child or lost someone. and mould problems, and be rights bill becomes law. who are responsible for ensuring local landlords maintain housing standards. afford to rent. i can't sleep at night. single night for comfort for him, but for comfort for me because i need
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to know that he's 0k. painted and have a professional clean. i feel like every route that i've gone down matter how loud i scream, i'm not being heard. are due to neglect by sinead. it's notjust about cleaning the mould. i have to sort the house out. it's... just keeps on coming back. brighton & hove city council said the issues it has the legal power to enforce have now been addressed when awaab�*s law is introduced, it should offer families
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now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith—lucas. over the next few days. fairly cool for the time of year. 0ften fairly cloudy, breezy conditions. there'll be a little light rain, drizzle, the next few days. the winds rotate around that, coming in from a cool so we've got a relatively chilly air mass with us at the moment. sitting across much of england and wales, producing this light, patchy rain, mainly for central and eastern areas. a little bit of hill
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snow to come on monday across the pennines, perhaps the southern uplands. by the end of the day, the odd flake of snow, for most of us, just drizzly rain. only 5—6 celsius — but some sunnier skies temperatures to start tuesday morning probably a few degrees above freezing for most of our towns and cities, could be a touch of frost, especially across parts of scotland. into tuesday, then, we've got a frontal system not far away from the east coast here. again, some patchy, light rain and drizzle bit of snow over the mountains and the higher ground here. some drizzly rain sitting across the likes of east but further west, most of us should stay dry. of sunshine coming through,
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particularly anywhere a bit of blue sky. approaches from the south—west, bumps into that area of higher of wales, southwest england, perhaps northern ireland as well. so temperatures on the thermometer 6—8 celsius, but feeling a little bit cooler than that for some of us, no great change towards the end of the week. mostly dry, still fairly cloudy for thursday and into friday, bye— bye.
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to buying and owning the territory. this is the scene live as thousands a second labour mp, 0liver ryan, is being investigated over offensive comments made
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control of gaza and move palestinians out of which governs gaza. the group says — palestinians will foil any attempt to displace them.
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or the people living in gazaj to go back at another time.
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