King Abdullah of Jordan met with Donald Trump at the White House after the American president had threatened to withhold $1.45 billion a year in US aid if Jordan did not agree to scheme
We hear from the CEO of the Canadian Steel Producers Association on how Canda’s steel industry will be hit hard by tariffs
And, how diss tracks in a feud between Kendrick Lamar and Drake have raised an estimated $15 million.
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Musk bids to purchase Open AI
Elon Musk has bid to purchase the non profit tech firm, Open AIPresident Donald Trump says he's going to impose a 25% import tax on imports of steel and aluminium from abroadAnd New Zealand has loosened their visa rules to attract foreign money. We hear from their Immigration Minister, Erica Stanford
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USAID: Will staff be put on leave?
A federal court is pausing President Trump's plan put thousands of USAID staff on leaveThe UK government has demanded access to Apple users' encrypted data. The Cook Islands Prime Minister says New Zealand is asking for too much oversight over its deal with China, which is expected to be penned in Beijing next week.And the US Super Bowl is kicking off in New Orleans this weekend. What will this mean for the economy there? Global business news, with live guests and contributions from Asia and the USA.
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Trump tariffs: US Trade Representative nominee faces Senate committee
Another Senate confirmation hearing for one of Donald Trump’s top team, this time its Jamieson Greer, the nominee for US Trade Representative. So all the talk was of tariffs. China has filed a World Trade Organisation (WTO) complaint against the US president's 10% tariffs on Chinese goods after a trade war between two global powers began this week. What does Pascal Lamy, former director general of WTO, have to say? We hear from Gene Seroka, the executive director of the Port of Los Angeles, the busiest container port in North America.And egg prices are soaring in the States. But why? That’s what we asked a poultry farmer from South Carolina.Global business news, with live guests and contributions from Asia and the USA.
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Tariffs, China and the US - Can the WTO intervene?
China complains to the World Trade Organisation about US President Donald Trump's tariffs, but with no active judging panel, does the WTO have the capabilities to intervene? As the growing trade war between the World's two leading economies hots up, Roger Hearing discusses whether the WTO has a future in adjudicating international trade disputes.Elsewhere, do you use artificial intelligence in your workplace? Or are you allowed to? We find out why some people are sneakily using AI tools without their managers approval. And a man from Indonesia has been hired as Japan's first-ever foreign bus driver. Does this show the Japanese government's new determination to let in more overseas workers? Global business news, with live guests and contributions from Asia and the USA.
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