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Wall Street Breakfast

U.S. to impose tariffs on Chinese EVs - report

Wall Street Breakfast

Seeking Alpha

Business News, News, Business, Investing

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

New tariffs on Chinese EVs, other sectors expected next week - report. (00:25) OpenAI to unveil Google (GOOG) (GOOGL) search rival next week - report. (01:26) McDonald's (MCD) beefing up investment in digital marketing.  (03:09) 

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0:00.0

Welcome to Seeking Alpha's Wall Street breakfast, where we cover the top news for investors every morning.

0:08.0

Good morning. Today is Friday, May 10th. I'm Julie Morgan.

0:12.0

The U.S. is reportedly considering tariffs on Chinese

0:15.6

TVs. McDonald's is poised to focus on digital marketing and open AI is set to

0:22.1

unveil its alternative to Google.

0:25.0

According to news reports, the Biden administration is expected to announce new tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and other strategic sectors, including batteries and solar equipment.

0:37.0

Bloomberg reported citing people familiar with the matter that the fresh levies are a result of the White House's multi-year review of the Trump era section 301 tariffs that began in 2022.

0:49.6

The news dragged Chinese EV stocks lower in early US premarket trading, including Neo down 1.9% and Lee

0:58.2

auto down 1.7%. Last month, Biden had proposed raising tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum products to 25 percent,

1:07.6

more than triple the current levy of 7.5 percent. The new tariffs could push Beijing to retaliate at a time when China-US trade ties are already under pressure.

1:18.0

China has said the tariffs imposed by the US are counterproductive and inflict harm on the global economy.

1:25.0

Microsoft backed open AI is planning to unveil its artificial intelligence powered search

1:30.8

product as soon as Monday to rival Google and AI search startup

1:35.4

perplexity. Two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters that the product

1:40.4

which will be added to chat gp.PT will be able to search the web for

1:44.7

information and site sources in its results much like Google. Open AI's

1:49.8

announcement will likely happen a day before the annual Google I.O. conference kicks off on

1:55.4

Tuesday where the search giant is expected to unveil new AI-related products and updates on its

2:02.0

AI model Gemini.

2:04.0

And while we're on the topic of AI,

2:07.0

you can definitely expect to hear more about AI

2:10.0

at the first ever Seeking Alpha Investing Summit.

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