From china. This is on top of the most favoured nation tariff of 6. 1 already slapped onto chinese produced evs that are imported into canada. Now, the government also intends to apply a 25 tariff on imports of steel and aluminium products from china. Canadas finance minister, chrystia freeland, says these measures were about protecting domestic producers. The reality is china has an intentional state directed policy of overcapacity and oversupply, designed designed to cripple our own industries. Talk to the steel sector. Talk to the aluminium sector to understand how effective that has already been. We simply will not allow that to happen to our ev sector. The auto tariffs bring canada in line with its southern neighbour. The us introduced 100 tariffs on chinese made evs in may whilst the eu is also imposing higher tariffs. It comes after Us National Security advisorjake sullivan, whos en route to beijing, touted the need for a united front on tariffs when he met Withjustin Trudeau an
this is stilride one. it has one very unusual feature. its chassis is made from one piece of steel. all the curves, all the lines have been folded like origami, following a design by its creator tue beijer. with the curve folding, we dance with the metal. the reason is notjust about aesthetics. see, a typical scooter is assembled in special factories from more than 100 parts, and then it s shipped around the world. but for this bike, all that would need to be sent anywhere is the design. because a bike, if you would send a bike in a crate, you re shipping air. you don t want to ship air. whether you re in sweden, you re in england, you ll probably find sheet metal, right? so it s better to send the code rather than to send yourfinal product. that s a very, very efficient way to do it, you know? so you want to produce near the end customer. i ve been given permission to fire the laser. the plan is for locally sourced steel to be laser cut into a flat chassis pattern and then f
over 1,000 miles away. we ll check out a range of other gadgets being showcased here in vegas and hearfrom two major ceos. one is the big boss of siemens, the world s largest engineering company. and i m alsojoined by the head of nasdaq, the most famous tech index on the planet, to explore what are the big issues affecting the wider industry. wherever you rejoining us from around the world, a big hello from las vegas and a warm welcome to the show. this week, we re on location at ces, the consumer electronics show. it s notjust a top tech event. it s also one of the biggest conventions in the world. 130 attendees are expected and more than 4,000 exhibitors. we ll be hearing from some very long established brands plowing a furrow in technology at the top of their fields. and there s no escaping it. artificial intelligence is everywhere. the past year has been a turning point for al, especially generative ai. that s the tech that creates human like text or imagery based on user
you just received the jane fonda humanitarian award, glamour uk women of the year, latino power list. and now us, bbc 100 women, it s a pleasure having you with us. thank you. and thank you for the, for the honour of being on the list with such incredible other women. 0k. let s start with an easy question. let s talk about your name, america. mm. what s the true story behind your name? yeah. well, i m named america after my mother, who is also named america. and it s true, growing up in the united states of america, everyone assumed that it was a, it was a patriotic homage by my immigrant parents. but the truth is, is that in latino america, the name america is much more common. and so my mother is actually named after a very obscure holiday that she was born on, called dia de las americas. and i was due on her birthday. and so i was also named america. so that, so my name is very central american and latino americana. that s a name that you didn t love when you were younger,
from england and the guy next to me goes. he looks at the book and he says, i read that book. and i said, oh. and before i could stop him, he says, cynical both laugh we spent. it was a seven hour flight. seven hours, and he s playing 20 questions, trying to figure out who i was, and he was getting closer and closer and closer. and it was just horrendous! did you manage. by the time you landed, he didn t figure it out? no, he hadn t figured it out. shall we go on in? i mean, i used to live in washington, so. i know. it s lovely. this is my favourite book shop in dc. well, i can see why. so, this is interesting because your books were all over the store. you got to just make sure people don t miss that one. it is the author s instinct, isn t it? it is. actually, it s. .. but it s put in the right position. put it over someone else s. yes. katty laughs i shouldn t do that. here. no, i think it shows up enough. you write about such an eclectic group of subjects, but you wr