This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Alex Ritson and at 14 hours GMT on Monday the 10th of February, these are our main stories.

There's been widespread condemnation of President Trump's proposal to slap tariffs on all steel and aluminium imports.

A global summit on artificial intelligence has opened in France

with politicians and executives seeking to safely exploit its potential without swamping firms

in red tape. There's been a record drop in the number of marriages in China despite a government

campaign. Also in this podcast, ahead of elections in Germany, how people are trying to counteract

the growing influence of the far right on the young.

For example, when addressing conspiracy theories, when we talked about them in class, someone

denied the Holocaust. And this is something

that badly shakes the core of democracy. From the Americas to Asia and Europe, world leaders

are saying they will react to protect their business interests in the latest escalation

in trade tensions. Speaking on Air Force One, President Trump said he would announce a 25% import tax on all steel and aluminium entering the US.

Mr Trump also said there would be an announcement later in the week about reciprocal tariffs

on all countries that tax imports from the US.

The Vice President of the European Central Bank, Luis de Guindos, said the issue would only be resolved through dialogue.

I think it is very important to avoid a trade war.

I believe there should be talks on the approach the new American administration is taking.

I believe it is using economic instruments to achieve political objectives, and obviously this is a

change in US policy. It was just last week that President Trump paused, proposed tariffs on goods

from Canada and Mexico. Meanwhile, trade skirmishes between the US and China,

the world's two biggest economies, are intensifying.

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