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Speaker 1: Bloomberg Audio Studios, podcasts, radio news. This is the Bloemberg

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Speaker 1: Day by cur podcast. Good morning, It's Monday, the fourteenth

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Speaker 1: of July. I'm Caroline Hepkeit in London.

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Speaker 2: And I'm Stephen Caroline Brussels. Coming up today, the EU

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Speaker 2: lines up allies and countermeasures as Trump threatens a thirty

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Speaker 2: percent tariff from the first of August if no agreement

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Speaker 2: can be reached.

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Speaker 1: Help wanted, but not by humans. UK hiring tumbles as

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Speaker 1: AI disrupts jobs and payroll costs search in another worrying

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Speaker 1: sign for Starmer and Reeves.

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Speaker 2: Plus why Europe's defense ramp up is creating an opportunity

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Speaker 2: for Sweden's Grippen fighter jet to take off.

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Speaker 1: Let's start with a roundup of our top stories.

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Speaker 2: The European Union is looking to step up engagement with

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Speaker 2: other countries hit by Trump's tariffs following a slew of

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Speaker 2: new threats. Sources tell us that the EU has reached

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Speaker 2: out to nations including Canada and Japan and raise the

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Speaker 2: prospect of a coordinated response to US levies. The move

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Speaker 2: comes after President Trump unleashed his latest tariff ultimatum over

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Speaker 2: the weekend. The US President declared that the EU and

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Speaker 2: Mexico would face a thirty percent tariff if agreements can't

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Speaker 2: be reached by the first of August. European Commissioned President

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Speaker 2: or Slavonderlon says she's hopeful of a deal.

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Speaker 3: We prefer a negotiated solution.

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Speaker 1: This remains the case and we will use the time

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Speaker 1: that we have not the.

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Speaker 4: First of August.

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Speaker 2: Our Savanderlyn says the EU Opini Union will extend the

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Speaker 2: suspension of trade countermeasures against the US until the start

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Speaker 2: of next month in a bid to secure a deal.

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Speaker 2: At the same time, Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Martz said thirty

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Speaker 2: percent tariffs would hit exporters in Europe's largest economies to

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Speaker 2: the core if a negotiated solution in the trade conflict

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Speaker 2: can't be found.

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Speaker 1: China's export growth has accelerated for the first time since March.

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Speaker 1: Exports rose on year by are higher than expected five

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Speaker 1: point eight percent in June to three hundred and twenty

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Speaker 1: five billion dollars. Bluebag's mid min Low says the pickup

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Speaker 5: The exports are really basted by the trade trews the

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Speaker 5: front loading of shipment's economists have been telling us that

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Speaker 5: we really have to prepare for a potential, you know,

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Speaker 5: fall off in demand for exports in the second half

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Speaker 5: of the year. And of course we are still waiting

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Speaker 5: for the mid August deadline when the temporary truths will expire,

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Speaker 5: and some economists believe it's still a possibility that maybe

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Speaker 5: the tariff levels could still increase in the later half

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Speaker 5: of this year, So there's still a lot of uncertainty there.

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Speaker 1: Mid min Low speaking there, the US tariffs on Chinese

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Speaker 1: goods have been cut back to around fifty five percent,

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Speaker 1: percent in early April. However, Beijing faces mounting risks from

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Speaker 1: Washington's evolving trade strategy. Treasury Sexuri Scott best Center is

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Speaker 1: expected to meet his Chinese counterpart in the coming weeks.

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Speaker 2: Bloomberg understands that Jane Street has deposited over forty eight

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Speaker 2: billion rupees the equivalent of five hundred and sixty four

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Speaker 2: million dollars in an escrow account to comply with an

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Speaker 2: order from India's market regulator. It comes after these Securities

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Speaker 2: and Exchange Board of India temporarily banned the trading giant

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Speaker 2: from accessing the local market over allegations of index manipulation.

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Speaker 2: The deposit enables Jane Street to resume trading in India,

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Speaker 2: but sources say the firm does not intend to return

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Speaker 2: to trading in local equity options. While Jane Street has

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Speaker 2: not commented on the latest development, it has previously stated

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Speaker 2: that it strongly rejects the premise and substance of the

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Speaker 2: regulator's order, calling it fundamentally mistaken about its trades now here.

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Speaker 1: In the UK, hiring by businesses is down by the

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Speaker 1: most in nearly two years, according to data from the

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Speaker 1: consultancy KPMG and the Recruitment and Employment Confederation. The numbers

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Speaker 1: come as employers show signs of dialing back hiring for

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Speaker 1: jobs likely to be affected by artificial intelligence. Bloomberg tu

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Speaker 1: Adebayo has more.

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Speaker 6: Online job postings in the UK have dropped thirty one

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Speaker 6: twenty two. According to McKinsey analysis, The decline is being

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Speaker 6: felt most in sectors with the potential to be significantly

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Speaker 6: Data shows job for hostings for these sorts of roles

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Speaker 6: dropped almost twice as much as others. The trend presents

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Speaker 6: another drag on a job market already contending with tax

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Speaker 6: increases and stalling economic growth. In London, Tia Adebayo Bloomberg

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Speaker 6: Radio Britain.

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Speaker 2: Has announced today for the state visit from US President

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Speaker 2: Donald Trump. The country will host the American leader from

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Speaker 2: the seventeenth of September after Prime Minister Keir Starmer invited

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Speaker 2: Trump for a rare second visit. Bloombergs James Wilcock has.

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Speaker 7: More flashy can get you a long way. In Britain's case,

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Speaker 7: flattery seems to have helped Keir Starmer secure a twenty

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Speaker 7: percentage point lower tariff rate than that of the EU,

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Speaker 7: which would be a major coup if it holds and

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Speaker 7: global leaders admit to taking notes from this moment, Can.

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Speaker 8: I present a letter from m King to take it

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Speaker 8: away in.

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Speaker 9: Rash oh as well, well, that is really nice.

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Speaker 8: A very special letter. I think the last state visit

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Speaker 8: was a tremendous success. His Matchley King wants to make

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Speaker 8: this even better than that. So this is this is

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Speaker 8: truly historic, an unprecedented second visit so can Stam perform

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Speaker 8: a second flourish and leave the UK's pageantry industry into

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Speaker 8: real gains on trade and security.

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Speaker 7: From the US leader in London, James Wilcock, Bloomberg Radio.

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Speaker 1: President Donald Chomp says that the US will send more

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Speaker 1: Patriot air defense batteries to Ukraine as long as Europe pays.

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Speaker 1: The move is a change of heart for the US leader,

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Speaker 1: who had argued that sending more arms would delay any

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Speaker 1: peace deal. Ukraine had been receiving US weapons, but only

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Speaker 1: with money remaining from Joe Biden's time in office. President

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Speaker 1: Trump says that he won't be footing the bill for

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Speaker 1: the new deliveries.

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Speaker 9: I haven't agreed on the number yet, but they're gonna

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Speaker 9: have some because they do need protection. But the European

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Speaker 9: Union is paying for it. We're not paying any big port,

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Speaker 9: but we will send it. It'll be business for US,

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Speaker 9: and we will send them patriots, which they desperately need.

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Speaker 1: The President added that he is very disappointed with Russian

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Speaker 1: President Vladimir Putin. NATO Chief Mark Russa is scheduled to

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Speaker 1: meet with Trump later today, as Axios reports that Trump

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Speaker 1: will announce a new plan for Ukraine that also includes

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Speaker 2: And the Sports and Asianic Center is captured as first

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Speaker 2: Wimbledon title after defeating the defending champion, Carlos Alcaraz in

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Speaker 2: four sets. Speaking after the match, the Italian world number

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Speaker 10: I'm very emotional now if I don't cry, but it

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Speaker 10: feels feels emotional because only me and the people who

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Speaker 10: through on and off the court, and it has been

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Speaker 2: Alex Centner, who also served a three month doping ban

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Speaker 2: earlier in the year. Speaking there, that's where chelseacuins the

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Speaker 1: Those are top stories for you this morning. Let's have

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Speaker 1: a look at markets where stop futures are tumbling right

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Speaker 1: P five founded evening futures also annursing some declines, down

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Speaker 1: four tenths this morning, looking at the Euro marginally lower

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Speaker 1: it's another country in the sites of President Trump with tariff's.

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Speaker 1: Asian eggities are mixed. You've got the topics up at

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Speaker 1: the costpit also seeing some gains, but we've had some declines,

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Speaker 1: for example for the Taiwanese stock market looking at treasure

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Speaker 1: big notable move again is in bitcoin one hundred and

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Speaker 1: another record high for bitcoin. Those are the market.

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Speaker 2: In a moment, we'll bring you the latest on the

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Speaker 2: US EU trade moves, plus why Sweden's fighter jet industry

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Speaker 2: could be poised for takeoff. But another story we've been

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Speaker 2: reading this morning from our opinion Columnst. Howard Troy One

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Speaker 2: who has been writing about getting healthy again. While a

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Speaker 2: little bit older at sixty six, I decided to get

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Speaker 2: healthy again. As the essay that he's written for Bloomberg's

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Speaker 2: weekend edition with some interesting I mean, we've like to

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Speaker 2: feature Horod's writing a lot, because, yes, he writes beautifully

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Speaker 2: and in a very sort of relatable way about some

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Speaker 2: as possible, yes, while also not compromising entirely on the

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Speaker 2: things that he enjoys in life, like eating out.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, he's a Bob Vivarce. He just is such a

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Speaker 1: great writer also that he often goes back to, you know,

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Speaker 1: ancient texts, which I just love. You know, he brings

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Speaker 1: all sorts of interesting quotes that he includes in kind

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Speaker 1: he was looking at this recent scientific study that anybody

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Speaker 1: which is that apparently we age at certain points. It

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Speaker 1: doesn't sort of happen gradually, but around the age of

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Speaker 2: Like that effect, you know, and just like that, you're

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Speaker 2: feeling much older than perhaps you were last week or

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Speaker 2: the week before. There's great advice in there though from

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Speaker 2: Horod too, and essentially, I mean a lot of it

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Speaker 2: will put a link to the piece in our show notes.

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Speaker 2: It's a great read this morning.

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Speaker 1: Now let's bring you more on our top story. So

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Speaker 1: the EU is preparing to step up contacts with the

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Speaker 1: likes of Canada and Japan after Donald Trump threatened to

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Speaker 1: impose tariffs of thirty percent on its exports. EU Trade

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Speaker 1: Minister is a meeting in Bussels today to discuss the

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Speaker 1: latest our Bussels Bureau chief Suzanne Lynch is joining us

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Speaker 1: now for more. Susan, good morning. What do we know

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Speaker 1: about the latest steps that the EU is planning. Is

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Speaker 1: this about trying to form alliances against the US?

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Speaker 3: Well, we reported late last night that the EU is

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Speaker 3: preparing to step up engagement with other countries that are

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Speaker 3: hit by the Trump tariffs. Mainly, it seemed after this

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Speaker 3: week of Donald Trump digging down on his trade rhetoric,

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Speaker 3: sending those letters to various trading partners, and then at

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Speaker 3: with new tariffs. So we know that there is plan

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Speaker 3: out coordinate a lot better on this. But at the

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Speaker 3: signally quite strongly by Ursula vonderlyon on Sunday that they

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Speaker 3: holding back implementing any more countermeasures until they try and

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Speaker 2: Suzan, talk to us about the strategy that the EU

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Speaker 2: is taking here, Because the decision not to retaliate is

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Speaker 3: Well, it's interesting timing because today, as you mentioned, EU

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Speaker 1: Okay, well, let's watch that closely. Suzanne, thank you so

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Speaker 1: much for being with us this morning. That is Bloomberg's

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Speaker 2: The move to ramp up defense spending in Europe is

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Speaker 2: presenting an opportunity for the gripp and Jet, made by

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Speaker 2: good morning. Is this the moment then for the Grip

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Speaker 4: It should does look like it's a moment definitely. As

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Speaker 4: And as SAB CEO Michael Johansson said in his typical

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Speaker 1: Well, lot Keith Martin's F thirty five fighter jets of

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Speaker 4: Right, Yeah, Thirteen European countries are our current F thirty

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Speaker 2: So what's the hope then, in terms of new orders

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Speaker 4: SAW executives have long emphasized that the procurement of a

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Speaker 4: is a purely technical one. Buying weapons and military gear

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Speaker 4: proof method to reach guaranteed friendship and support, but that

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Speaker 4: Some are starting to consider jewel fleets, that is, mixing

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