News Wrap: Trump’s plan to double levies on imported steel draws global reaction
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🗓️ 31 May 2025
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| 0:00.0 | In tonight's other news, global reaction to a surprise tariff announcement from President Trump. |
| 0:06.7 | During a rally at a Pennsylvania steel mill Friday night, the president said he was doubling |
| 0:11.4 | levies on imported steel. |
| 0:14.8 | We are going to be imposing a 25 percent increase. |
| 0:20.5 | We're going to bring it from 25% to 50% the tariffs on steel into the United States of America, |
| 0:27.6 | which will even further secure the steel industry in the United States. |
| 0:35.7 | Nobody's going to get around that. |
| 0:38.3 | Later, Mr. Trump posted on social media that, beginning Wednesday, he'll also impose tariffs |
| 0:43.4 | on aluminum. The European Union said it strongly regrets the move and is prepared to impose |
| 0:48.9 | countermeasures. Canada said tariffs will harm North American security. In Ukraine, Russia launched drone and missile attacks ahead of a fresh round of peace talks. |
| 0:59.0 | The overnight strikes killed at least two people, including a nine-year-old girl in the frontline Zaporizia region. |
| 1:05.8 | The deadly attacks came ahead of peace talks set for Monday in Istanbul. |
| 1:09.7 | It's not clear yet whether a Ukrainian delegation will be there. |
| 1:13.7 | Meanwhile, a bipartisan group of U.S. senators met with President Volodemar Zelensky in Kiev on Friday. |
| 1:19.6 | Republican Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Democrat Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut |
| 1:24.6 | discussed U.S. sanctions on Russia, which Graham said he expects |
| 1:28.6 | Congress to act on next week. Defense Secretary Pete Hegsef pressed Indo-Pacific allies |
| 1:35.5 | to increase defense spending as tensions with China rise. At an Asia Security summit in Singapore, |
| 1:41.7 | Hegsef said China poses a cyber threat to critical infrastructure |
| 1:45.8 | in the United States and around the world. And he warned China not to try to take Taiwan |
| 1:51.4 | militarily. Any attempt by communist China to conquer Taiwan by force would result in devastating |
| 1:58.7 | consequences for the Indo-Pacific and the world. |
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