Will more than triple to 25%. Tariff hikes on other products, including semiconductor chips, are set to take into effect over the next two years. The increases, which impact a relatively small amount of us imports, come as vice president kamala harris and former president donald trump have clashed over tariffs on the campaign trail. Mr trump is calling for sweeping new duties on all imports, while ms harris has said his proposal would raise prices for the american people. Meanwhile, the european union is also considering tariffs on china made electric vehicles and negotiations are ongoing. The bloc was meant to vote on the taxes earlier this week, but that has since been delayed. Us stock markets rose on thursday, with the s&p 500 closing at a record high for the third time this week. Shares of micron jumped by almost 15%. This comes after the chip company posted strong earnings and said it expected growth in the months ahead, led by the artificial intelligence boom. We are keeping an
United States Armed Forces remain committed to protecting the safety and security of the American People and supporting our like minded allies and partners worldwide. Minutes after that announcement, several rockets hit baghdads green zone. Some landed near the u. S. Embassy, and others were intercepted by ed defense systems. A child was killed at least 5 people, and trump has fired the top u. S. Election security official who had refused to the president s unsubstantiated claims of fraud. Chris krebs was the head of the department of homeland securitys agency that monitors election security. Its your peers. Government says its troops have achieved significant victories in the conflict with forces in the northern tier, a region and strikes have been no interest at the regional capital mckelway. Thats the main base for the great Peoples Liberation front or to p. L. F. Which governs the 3. Former prodemocracy politicians have been arrested and Hong Kong Police are questioning ted at each
That, as things develop, nato will continue to adjust its presence. She says that even with the further u. S. Reductions that have been announced, nato will continue its mission to train, advise and assist Afghan Forces and is committed to funding them through 2024. And heres the interesting sentence, phil. She says, as secretary general stoltenberg said before the announcement, we must preserve the gains we have made in the fight against international terrorism. We went into afghanistan together and when the time is right, we should leave together. Now before the announcement secretary general stoltenberg said we will leave together. That clearly has been thrown into doubt by the us president. Well, i have told our daughter from back to you to australia. You need law to really. Because what you say, were going to hear next from the German Foreign minister, heiko mohsin. He also is concerned about these u. S. Plans. Its especially important to us that the progress weve achieved so far
United states. Its stoned to each and every vote its the race to the white house is heading for a full 2 finish with the gap not donald trump until biden in the battleground states. Democratic and republican supporters trade calls to count every ballot dollar trump a game that makes on the proven claims of folks are frauds. And after deploying troops and ethiopias north the president to clear is the region a no fly zone to stamp out a separatist struggle. And im far as well have all the days sport including a miserable night for ac milan as they suffered their worst ever european defeat at the san siro. But its been 3 days since election day but americans are still waiting to find out who will be their next president. The race to the white house is headed for a 4 to finish with every hour narrow in the gap between donald trump and joe biden well heres the overall picture there are just 4 battleground states left to catch any one of them could give joe biden the win now hes just pulled
President elect joe biden, is set to announce his cabinet anthony blank in a former Obama Administration official is expected to be appointed secretary of state. And ethiopias government gives northern forces 72 hours to surrender. Its needed dismisses the ultimatum and in school walnut before Danielle Medvedev has won the last big title of the mens tennis season, the russian beat dominic to claim the a. T. P. Finals as the term and says goodbye to london. Thank you very much for joining as we begin this news hour with promising results in the search for a corona virus vaccine. Astra zeneca says late stage testing of its covert 1000 treatment shows. It can be up to 90 percent effective without any serious side effects. The company has been developing the vaccine with Oxford University and says it can be stored at fridge temperatures, making it easier to distribute the u. K. s health secretary, matt hancock, says 100000000. 00 doses are on order and could start to be rolled out from nex