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eu commission president ursula von der leyen said she deeply regrets the u.s. decision to impose tariffs, adding they will not go unanswered and the bloc. >> will trigger. >> quote, firm and proportionate countermeasures. this comes after. >> the eu trade. >> commissioner, maros sefcovic, said the eu remains committed to finding mutually beneficial solutions with the trump administration. so there you. >> have. >> on your screens the response. >> from the. eu so far. >> a bit of a placeholder, i would say, in terms of what may come next from the eu. we don't yet know what that will look like. and we also don't know whether these tariffs will in fact come into effect. we have the president of the united states yesterday confirming the plan to impose these 25% levies on steel and aluminum imports. they haven't come into effect yet. >> and will. >> we see any negotiating between. >> now and when they do come into effect? that is one of the key questions. and will this response from the eu trigger negotiations? we will discuss more on the program. for now, though,

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ursula von der leyen emphasised the historical today, history is made.s will be a thing of the past. this is freedom. freedom from threats. i spoke to franak viacorka, a nonresident fellow journalist from belarus. he also works as an advisor for the belarusian it's truly a big, big deal. basically, baltic states, they said bye—bye to russia so, today, baltic states can celebrate. which concern me — that belarus did not connect. belarus will do the same step and will connect to well, arguably, at the moment when it comes to lukashenko, he is very much in the palm of putin. like he would never use energy to blackmail neighbouring nations or other nations that use russian energy supplies, thinking of gas as well, do you believe him? dependent on russian energy, on gas, oil, electrical energy. and this was the tool basically to put pressure on political leaders. and they do it especially with baltic states. they were doing this with ukraine and of course with belarus. but in belarus, they basically established control over energy system. and i think this is

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ursula von der leyen spoke in lithuania's capital, vilnius, alongside the three baltic leaders.e already, the first thing and, at that time, poland stepped in. so it's kind of symbolic and practical, and concrete that "synchronisation" of the electric power grid station system. and it is important for practical, concrete security and it has played fast and loose, using the energy let's flip this on its head. well, first of all, it's the image issue. because let's not forget that, you know, at the beginning on russian energy. and all this has been brought up by the crazy aggressive this synchronisation on its own, because it will no longer have the luxury of being connected to mother russia, so to speak. and, mr pszczel, just briefly, if you can, does this really bolster european security then? well, it does, because dependence on russia is bad for security. their connections — is an understanding internationally that this is the right way to go, about as long as russia remains polls have no closed in the ecuadorian presidential incumbent is election. the incumbentqisq q qq q q,

eu commission chief ursula von der leyen, vowing u.s. tariffs on steel and aluminum imports will not go unanswered. that's a quote. speaking this morning, she said tariffs will trigger tough countermeasures from the eu. bp's fourth quarter profit dropping to a four year low as weak margins hurt its refining business. the oil giant unveiling a new $1.75 billion buyback just days after reports that activist investor elliott management has built up a stake in the company. kering's revenue falling 12% in the fourth quarter, less than expected sales for its flagship gucci label dropping nearly 25%, although the company says it's seeing some slight improvement in asia and in north america. and novartis striking a deal to buy anthos therapeutics for up to $3.1 billion. anthos is a private biotech firm that's majority owned by blackstone's life sciences business. all right, turn it back to the markets. futures under some pressure today. while gold touches a fresh high a possible sign of caution by investors on the back of president trump's new t

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ursula von der leyen said maybe we should loosen the purse strings to maybe invest in defense.se people were talking about optimistic and are you saying that is bogus? mike: mario draghi -- tony: mario laid out the plan and it was not that surprising. those are challenges that europe has faced for decades. i would not say that we are pessimistic on europe, but we are realistic about europe. that we will not implement competitive policy when -- very quickly. they will have to face the more stress and pressure. we will see that pressure in terms of the economy and then in reaction to that we will see incremental steps. movement in the right direction but we are not expecting some big policy bnag that moves it as competitive as it should be. jonathan: the great irony with european officials with the exception of a couple of others about who they would want to have in the white house. they would tell you that it is not donald trump right now. and the greatest irony is that this president will push them and you have indicated this to do the right thing and nothing to help themselves

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lobby, though, is that sir keir starmer the red starmer is rolling out the red carpet for ursula von der leyen. she is the european commission president and the european council chief. he's antonio costa. on may the 19th. that will be the first of annual summits between the uk prime minister and the leader of the european commission, the top people in the trading bloc. they want to work further want to work on further collaboration the european collaboration with the european union. things happened union. and other things happened last night. of course, i was with the pm yesterday in brussels. as you as you both know, the talks last night were about security and defence. we are told other issues which are told the other issues which we want raise we know europe want to raise with whilst on with us, notably whilst on freedom of the under freedom of movement of the under 30 that was not raised. we understand on guidance and the pm will be meeting with a danish prime minister tonight here in downing street, but it is unlikely the uk will be working to sort out a solution to the issue with of gree