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On today's podcast:
(1) President Donald Trump plans to impose 25% tariffs on all imports of steel and aluminium into the US, broadening his trade salvo and threatening ties with some of the country’s top trading partners.
(2) Donald Trump suggested that Elon Musk’s government efficiency team has found irregularities while examining data at the US Treasury Department, and intimated that may lead the US to disregard some payments.
(3) BP's dramatic under-performance compared with other oil majors has reached a crunch point — a looming showdown with one of the world’s most aggressive activist investors.
(4) British workers are increasingly worried about losing their jobs, and it’s preventing the economy from benefiting from a potential uplift in consumer spending.
(5) France is set to announce a total of €109 billion ($113 billion) in investment in artificial intelligence projects in the country by companies, funds and other sources over the coming years, President Emmanuel Macron said on the eve of a two-day AI summit in Paris.
(6) The Philadelphia Eagles are Super Bowl champions. They defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22 in New Orleans. The win denies the Chiefs a third consecutive victory in American Football's showpiece event.
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