00:00Hello, my name's Greg Wright, I'm the Deputy Business Editor of the Yorkshire Post and
00:04here are your headlines for today. The UK Business Secretary has described Donald Trump's
00:10decision to impose global tariffs on steel and aluminium as disappointing, and said all
00:16options are on the table to respond in the national interest. Britain has resisted imposing
00:22immediate retaliatory action against the move, while the European Union has already announced
00:27it will introduce countermeasures on American goods. UK industries are braced for the impact
00:35of the tariffs, which came into effect at midnight in the US at around 4am in the UK,
00:40and raise a flat duty on steel and aluminium, entering America to 25%. My name's Greg Wright
00:48and I'm the Deputy Business Editor of the Yorkshire Post.
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