
News Wrap: Trump's plan for steel levies draws reactions
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News Wrap: Trump’s plan to double levies on imported steel draws global reaction
In our news wrap Saturday, global reaction to a surprise tariff announcement from President Trump after he said Friday that was doubling levies on imported steel, Russia launched drone and missile attacks on Ukraine ahead of a fresh round of peace talks and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pressed Indo-Pacific allies to increase defense spending as tensions with China rise.
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News Wrap: Trump's plan for steel levies draws reactions
Clip: 5/31/2025 | 2m 42sVideo has Closed Captions
In our news wrap Saturday, global reaction to a surprise tariff announcement from President Trump after he said Friday that was doubling levies on imported steel, Russia launched drone and missile attacks on Ukraine ahead of a fresh round of peace talks and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pressed Indo-Pacific allies to increase defense spending as tensions with China rise.
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>> Thank you.
John: In tonig.. global reaction to a surprise tariff announcement .. president trump.
During a rally a.. Pennsylvania steel.. night, the president said he was doubling levies on imp.. steel.
Pres.
Trump: We are going to be imposing increase.
We're going 25% to bring you from 25% to 50% the tariffs on steel into the United States of America, which will even further secure the steel industry in the united States.
Nobody is going to get around that.
John: Later he posted on social media that, beginning Wednesday, he'll also impose tariffs on aluminum.
The European union said it strongly regrets the move and is prepared to impose counter-me.. Canada said tariffs will.. North American security.
In Ukraine, Russia launched drone and missile attacks ahead of a fresh round of peace talks.
The overnight strikes killed at least two people.. 9-year old girl in the frontline zaporizhzhia region.
The deadly attacks came ahead of peace talks set for Mo.. istanbul.
It's not.. Ukrainian delegation will be there.
Meanwhile -- a bipartisan group of U.S.
Senators met with president volodymyr zelenskyy in Kyiv on Friday.
Republican Lindsay graham of South Carolina and Democrat Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut discusse.. Sanctions on Russia -- which graham said he expects congress to act on next week.
Defense secretary Pete hegseth pressed indo-pacific allies to increase defense spending as tensions with China rise.
At an Asia security summit in Singapore, hegseth said China poses a cyber threat to critical infrastructure in the U.S. And around the globe and he wa.. China not to try to take Taiwan militarily.
>> Any attempt by communist China to conquer Taiwan by force would result in devastating consequences for the indo-pacific and the wor..
There's no reason to sugarcoat it.
The threat China poses is real, and it could be imminent, we hope not but it certainly could be.
China's defense minister didn't attend the conference, citing the ongoing u.s... war.
Still to com.. weekend", how lawmakers are making it harder for citizens to get proposed new laws on state ballots.
And, after nearly two months of rehabilitation, a group of.. heads home.
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