Trump threatens tariffs on all US steel and aluminium imports
Newshour
BBC
4.4 • 984 Ratings
🗓️ 10 February 2025
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
President Trump has said he'll announce further tariffs on America’s trading partners in the coming days, including a 25% charge on all steel and aluminium imports. We'll hear from the country most exposed - Canada.
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(File Picture: Workers weld steel at Steelcon, a structural steel design and fabrication company, January 31, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio)
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to NewsHour. It's coming to you live from the BBC World Service Studios in central London. |
| 0:09.3 | I'm Tim Franks. And we're beginning with the announcement made at altitude on route to a big sports contest, |
| 0:15.8 | which means it's tempting to refer both to the turbulence the announcement has made |
| 0:20.7 | and the fact that the person making it, President Trump, says that this is no game. |
| 0:26.4 | As of today, Mr Trump says that the US will impose a 25% tariff on all steel and aluminium imports. |
| 0:35.7 | He was speaking to reporters from behind his desk aboard Air Force One |
| 0:38.9 | as the plane headed towards the Super Bowl on Sunday. |
| 0:42.4 | We'll also be announcing steel tariffs on Monday. |
| 0:45.3 | What countries were those gone? |
| 0:47.0 | Everybody, steel. |
| 0:48.4 | Including Canada and Mexico. |
| 0:49.5 | Yeah. |
| 0:50.1 | Any steel coming into the United States is going to have a 25% tariff. |
| 0:55.1 | Aluminum to 25%. |
| 0:58.5 | The European Union says it's yet to receive official notification of these new import taxes. |
| 1:03.6 | France exported about a billion dollars' worth of steel and aluminium to the US in 2023. |
| 1:09.4 | The French foreign minister Jean-Nuel Barreau, said that the EU should |
| 1:12.4 | be prepared to hit back immediately. We must have no hesitation when it comes to defend in our |
| 1:20.7 | interests. And I repeat, it's in nobody's interest to enter into a trade conflict with the European |
| 1:27.4 | Union. |
| 1:28.7 | We'll hear from the most exposed country, Canada in a moment. First, let's speak to Gillian |
| 1:33.7 | Tet, who's a columnist for the Financial Times newspaper. Gillian, very good to have you back on |
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