EU and US release details of their tariff deal

欧盟和美国公布其关税协议的细节

World Business Report

2025-08-21

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The European Union and the White House have confirmed a 15% deal, including European cars and pharmaceuticals, in a joint statement clarifying their tentative trade deal announced last month. And in our Africa series this month, today we discuss the African Continental Free Trade Area, which aims to create a single market for goods and services in the continent, boosting trade and economic integration. Plus, Microsoft's head of artificial intelligence says he's alarmed by rising cases of a phenomenon dubbed "AI psychosis"—that’s relying so heavily on chatbots and losing touch with reality.
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  • This is Andrew Peach with World Business Report.

  • Today, a 15% US tariff for European cars and pharmaceuticals is confirmed.

  • We'll have the details in a moment.

  • The benefits of a single market for goods and services between African countries.

  • We trade more with the rest of the world than intra-Africa.

  • So the idea of a free trade area creating a single market in Africa is to reverse all of that.

  • and concern about forming romantic relationships with chatbots.

  • These systems are built to maximise engagement.

  • They keep users hooked into the conversation by being overly agreeable,

  • by being flattering, by being reaffirming.

  • Good to have you with us today.

  • We're going to start the programme with the details of that tentative trade deal between the EU and the US,

  • which have been firmed up in the last few hours.

  • Here's the EU Trade Commissioner, Maros Sefcovic.

  • 15% all-inclusive tariff cap for the European Union.

  • This is the most favourable trade deal the US has extended to any partner.

  • A wide range of sectors, including strategic industries such as cars,

  • pharmaceuticals, semiconductors and lumber, will benefit from this cap.

  • Our North America business correspondent, Michelle Flurry, with me live from New York.

  • So we've got quite a bit of detail actually set out about what the arrangements are going to be.