Optimism over US-EU trade talks

美欧贸易谈判展望乐观

World Business Report

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2025-05-27

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The United States President, Donald Trump, has agreed to drop his threat to impose 50% tariffs on European Union imports and extend a deadline to negotiate tariffs with the EU by more than a month. They’re often in the headlines. We take an in-depth look at critical minerals, where they're found and why they matter. And Rahul Tandon will look at how Disney's live-action Lilo and Stitch remake beat Tom Cruise at the US box office. Lilo and Stitch, which revisits the 2002 animated family favourite, exceeded expectations with takings of $341m (£252m) around the world.
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  • Hello and welcome to World Business Report from the BBC World Service.

  • I'm Rahul Tandon.

  • On the programme we're going to talk to you about critical minerals,

  • why are they so critical and who has control of them and why are children's films doing so well at the box offices.

  • We'll be talking about Lilo and Stitch which has had a pretty good weekend but it has been another busy day in the world of global trade.

  • We'll talk about what's been happening in India and Vietnam very shortly.

  • But let's start by looking at one of the world's most important trading relationships,

  • the one between the US and the European Union.

  • Because if you were listening on Friday,

  • you'll remember Donald Trump saying this as he announced 50% tariffs on the EU.

  • I don't know.

  • We're going to see what happens.

  • But right now it's going on on June 1st.

  • And that's the way it is.

  • No, they haven't treated us properly.

  • They haven't treated our country properly.

  • They banded together to take advantage of us.

  • But guess what?

  • A weekend is a long time in the world of global trade.

  • Tonight,