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
Live from new york, at the opening bell, this is business today. Traders tread water on wednesday. Cranking up the voltage on trade tensions. Canada slaps hefty import taxes on electric cars made in china older, wiser, and ready to spend. How businesses are finding a Silver Lining in indias ageing population. Welcome to business today, im Michelle Fleury live from new york. Us markets slip at the open after the record close. More on that any moment. Lets turn our attention to markets, the dow is down two tenths of a percent right now, after the wreck a close yesterday. The snp and nasdaq have not fared so well. Traders are turning away from the Technology Stocks right now. For more on this is the chief market strategist, great to see it this morning. Are you surprised this rally is stalling . What should we read from the dow slipping back slightly . Read from the dow slipping back sliuhtl . ,. , slightly . Good morning, i dont think they slightly . Good morning, i dont think they can
Than expected last month. Our economics editor faisal islam has been to rustington, in east sussex, to find out if people are feeling any better about their finances. On about their finances. The on about theirfinances. The high on about their finances. The high street, on about theirfinances. The high street, shoppers can on the high street, shoppers can feel inflation is coming but the feelgood factor the Prime Minister will depend on in a general election remains elusive. ,. ,. , in a general election remains elusive. ,. ,. Elusive. Some products are auoin elusive. Some products are going up. Elusive. Some products are going up. Some elusive. Some products are going up, some products. Elusive. Some products are l going up, some products are plateauing. It isjust going up, some products are plateauing. It is just not a good time for everybody. I good time for everybody. I think things are still going up ust think things are still going up just slightly less faster. Gas and electricit
The expenses are by 18 in the quarter. We are very much investing in r rand d. Nestle posts a sales miss in the First Quarter with prices weighing on the consumer. And meta shares sink in the trade despite the beat on earnings as Mark Zuckerberg rekindles fears of a. I. Spending. We have shown we can build leading models and be a leading a. I. Company in the world. Welcome to street signs. We start todays show with the acquisition news bhp confirmed it made an offer to buy london listed Anglo American with the Share Capital of 31 billion pounds Anglo America is looking to review the offer a significant potential deal here we have karen tso joining us karen, outline the potential deal we had this discussion a few years ago. We were all puzzled. We were staring out into the abyss looking for the acquisition. Something changed last year. The san pcompany is preparing fe future copper is no longer discussed as dr. Copper it is now dr. Green in the Energy Transition and future tre trends co
Budget hot potato back in the hands of the house. Theyre spinning their wheels. We are not going to change obamacare. Reporter but that is exactly what House Speaker john boehner intends to do. Were gonna move here in the next several hours to take the senate bill, add to it a one year delay of the individual mandate on the American People, and get rid of the exemption for members of congress. Reporter some congressional staffers here on capitol hill have already received furlough notices, saying if the deal isnt reached by midnight, they wont get paid. If there is a partial Government Shutdown, passports will be delayed. Gun permits wont be processed. And about 800,000 federal workers would be forced off the job without pay. In washington, danielle nottingham, wjz Eyewitness News. Now the budget isnt the only battle being waged in the halls of congress. Lawmakers also have to vote on raising the nations debt limit by midoctober or the federal government will default on its loans. Tens