Jonathan Josephs

❓Problem is the #EU is still buying some #oil from #Russia

#Tariffs haven't yet worked on #India and would come with a lot of risk re #China as I explained on @BBCRadio4

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Trump threatens tougher sanctions after Russia's heaviest strikes on Ukraine Trump's threat of sanctions comes after Russia's heaviest attack of the war.

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🇺🇦 Is it all about the money?

🇺🇸The #USA is threatening more #tariffs as President Trump tries to stop the fighting in #Ukraine

🇪🇺🛢️🇷🇺He wants #EU support to stop #oil purchases funding #Russia's war effort

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YouTube video by Jonathan Josephs BBC Business: Federal Reserve's Lisa Cook sues over Trump's efforts to fire her 28 Aug 2025 1631

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🇺🇸#FederalReserve governor #LisaCook has filed her lawsuit against her dismissal by President Trump

📺WATCH 👇my first glance at details of a case drawing attention to independence of one of world's most important financial institutions

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YouTube video by Jonathan Josephs BBC Business: Nvidia results show incredible growth says Daniel Newman, CEO of The Futurum Group

💻⚡️"What Nvidia really proved in the end was that this #AI infrastructure boom is intact"

@danielnewmanUV explains the "incredible growth" in #Nvidia's latest numbers to @BizFleury

📺WATCH 👇

#artificalintelligence #chips #tech

youtu.be/ouN-i5HDrGo

How Europe is vying for rare earth independence from China The EU is aiming to increase its own production of rare earth metals, led by a facility in France.

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🧃 "It's basically like if you have a multi-fruit juice.."

🚗#rareearths are essential to so much tech we rely on

🇫🇷 My visit to @SolvayGroup in France explains how they're produced & how #Europe is trying to become less reliant on #China

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How Europe is vying for rare earth independence from China The EU is aiming to increase its own production of rare earth metals, led by a facility in France.

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🧃 "It's basically like if you have a multi-fruit juice.."

🚗#rareearths are essential to so much tech we rely on

🇫🇷 My visit to @SolvayGroup's in France explains how they're produced & how #Europe is trying to become less reliant on #China

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How Trump's 'secondary tariffs' on Russia could hit global economy The sweeping secondary tariffs could cut the flow of Russian oil and gas to global markets.

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🇺🇸 #Trump ups #tariffs on #India for buying #Russia's oil

🇺🇦Trying to stop #Ukraine war but what impact on global economy?

🛢️ ⬆️global #oil prices
📱More expensive US #iPhones
🇨🇳 jeopardise US #China #trade relations?

READ MY ANALYSIS👇
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How Trump's 'secondary tariffs' on Russia could hit global economy The sweeping secondary tariffs could cut the flow of Russian oil and gas to global markets.

1/Not sold on Trump’s threat of secondary sanctions on Russian oil buyers — markets would panic if triple-digit China tariffs return. Still, good point by @jonathanjosephs.bsky.social : OPEC+ may boost supply to stabilize prices, helping shield US consumers in the short term. bit.ly/4msDBJ8

Mining billionaire welcomes Trump tariffs on copper Robert Friedland of Ivanhoe Mines told the BBC the 50% tariffs would help re-establish the US copper mining industry.

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🏗️📀"Correctly focused on making sure that the world's largest economy actually has stable access to raw materials at the scale of that economy"

🇺🇸 Mining billionaire Robert Friedland explains why President Trump's #copper #tariffs are right move for the #USA

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US-EU tariff deal: Both sides can claim victory, but devil may be in detail This deal shows how serious President Trump is about renegotiating America's trading relationship with the rest of the world.

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🇪🇺🇺🇸 #EU becomes latest to strike a #trade deal with President #Trump

🤝Again his personal involvement got it over the line

🌎 #Tariffs of 15% but lots of details still to come

❓Exact winners & losers still unclear

with @ArunodayM

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YouTube video by BBC News Why is Iran’s economy struggling? | BBC News

🇮🇷 Why is #Iran's economy struggling?

🛢️Despite #sanctions last year it earnt $78bn from #oil (+ other #energy) exports

📉But living standards have been falling for years

📺Take a 'deep dive' with @MMGhodsi + @RichardMNephew speaking to @marklobel 👇

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Trump launches probe into Brazil's 'unfair' trade practices Last week, the US president urged Brazilian authorities to end their prosecution of the country's former President Jair Bolsonaro.

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🇺🇸🇧🇷#Trump administration launching investigation into #Brazil's allegedly "unfair" #trade practices

🌎Likely to end in #tariffs

🧑‍⚖️Different to other tariffs because 301 investigation means courts involvement less likely

READ MORE 👇

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🇷🇺🇺🇸Will #Trump's latest #tariffs on #Russia really hurt?

#Trade between the two has shrunk from $36bn to $3bn because of the war

🇺🇦 So can they stop #Putin being able to fund the war in #Ukraine?

READ MORE👇

#https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c36xrr9kj11t

US government to invest in MP Materials' rare earths production The government is to become the biggest shareholder in the US's only operational rare earths mine.

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🇺🇸#USA government putting $ into #rareearths battle with #China

🌎Huge for global economy

💰$400m makes it largest shareholder in @MPMaterials
⛰️Boosting refining capacity re output from only operating US mine at Mountain Pass

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US tariffs: Goods from Japan and South Korea hit with 25% levy Trump plans new tariffs as the 90-day pause on some of his most aggressive tariffs is set to expire this week.

#BREAKING

🇯🇵🇰🇷 #Japan and #SouthKorea are first up for President Trump's #tariffletters

💵Both facing 2⃣5⃣%

🇺🇸They are numbers 7 & 8 when it comes to biggest deficits with #USA and both had dug in during #trade talks

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YouTube video by Jonathan Josephs BBC World Business Report: President Trump to send out tariff letters 04 July 2025 1541

🇺🇸 We're expecting more details of President #Trump's #tariff plans shortly

Even though he has #Israel's Prime Minister visiting today

📻 But we said something similar on Friday when I had this chat on the @bbcworldservice..

youtu.be/9xP6EhLNEf0

Trump says he is cutting off trade talks with Canada Canada had been hoping to secure a trade deal with the US next month to avoid steep tariffs.

#BREAKING

🇺🇸🇨🇦 #USA President Donald Trump has said he is cutting off #trade talks with #Canada "immediately" as the country looks to start enforcing a tax policy targeting big tech companies.

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🇺🇸🇨🇳#USA and #China seem to have ironed out details of London #trade agreement

🚢#rareearths for less #exportcontrols but still scope to go wrong as #Nike counts cost of #tariffs

📅Lots to sort before August deadline

📻MY @bbcworldservice REPORT 👇
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Trump tariffs: Nike pledges to cut reliance on Chinese factories Company executives say the sportwear giant will cut its reliance on producing goods in China to ease the impact of US trade policies.

🇺🇸🇨🇳#USA and #China seem to have ironed out details of London #trade agreement

🚢#rareearths for less #exportcontrols but still scope to go wrong as #Nike counts cost of #tariffs

📅Lots to sort before August deadline

📻MY @bbcworldservice REPORT 👇
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Ceasefire or Not, The World Is Swimming in Oil Whatever the status of the conflict between Israel and Iran, the crude market remains oversupplied.

🛢️🇮🇷#Iran's #oil production is up, not down, despite nearly two weeks of #Israeli and American bombing, writes @JavierBlas

Its bringing in around $100m a day, so that massively lowered the chance of closing the #StraitOfHormuz

#OOTT

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Trump says Israel and Iran have agreed to 'complete and total' ceasefire' - live updates The announcement comes after Iran fired missiles at a US base in Qatar, in an attack Trump called

#BREAKING

🇮🇱🇮🇷 US President Donald Trump has announced a "complete and total" ceasefire between #Israel and #Iran on social media

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BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...

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🛢#Oil price is sinking like a stone after #Iran retaliation

🚢 Markets dont seem to believe #Tehran will close #StraitOfHormuz

🇮🇷 Iran exports in the region of $100m worth of oil each day and needs that money to continue flowing in

#OOTT

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🚢Electronic interference against #shipping in Strait of Hormuz increasing, says @UK_MTO

🇮🇱🇮🇷 Likely coming from #Iran but intention may well be to interfere with #Israel's warplanes and missiles

🛢️Impact is disruption to #oil + #energy

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YouTube video by Jonathan Josephs BBC World Service: Israel Iran conflict pushes up oil prices - The Newsroom 13 June 2025 1314

🇮🇱🇮🇷🛢️ #Oil prices have risen by the most in a while after #Israel targeted #Iran's nuclear programme

🎙️Here's me having a chat about it with @JackieLeonard01 on the @bbcworldservice

💰As ever there's a lot of factors influencing #oilprices #OOTT

youtu.be/o7FjpDN4ybg

🎥Hanging out(side) at the #USA #China #trade talks in London

🇺🇸🇨🇳At start of day 2 US Commerce Secretary @howardlutnick told us:
"It's going well, and we're spending a lot of time together"

Perhaps some kind of statement to come early evening

LATEST: www.bbc.co.uk/news/business

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🇺🇸🇨🇳US China #trade talks are underway in London

🚢 #Rareearths and #export controls are high on the agenda

🌎Can the world's two biggest economies make lasting progress this time?

📻LISTEN TO MY @bbcworldservice REPORT 👇

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YouTube video by Jonathan Josephs BBC News: Inside Europe's biggest rare earths facility - Can Europe cut China dependence 28 May 2025

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⚡️EXCLUSIVE look inside Europe's biggest #rareearths facility

🌍They're crucial to the global economy

💿📱🚗Think #chips #smartphones #electricvehicles #windturbines

🇪🇺🇨🇳 Can @SolvayGroup help #EU cut its dependence on #China?

📺WATCH👇

youtu.be/4B57ah_rM1M?...

BBC World Service - Business Daily, Can Europe build a mineral supply chain? We're in France for a tour of one of the world’s biggest rare earth processing plants

🎙️MY FIRST EVER PODCAST

💿#Rareearths are essential to #phones, #EVs, #windturbines & much more

🇨🇳#China dominates global supplies

🇪🇺Can #Europe change that? How do you get them?

🏭Exclusive access to @SolvayGroup's plant in #France

📻LISTEN BELOW 👇

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And my @bbcworldservice report on the latest row on #trade between #USA and #China

China hits back after Trump claims it is 'violating' tariff truce The remarks from both sides raise concerns that a trade war could erupt again between the two largest economies.

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🇺🇸🇨🇳 Fundamental #trade differences between world's top 2 economies laid bare again

#Trump: Beijing "totally violated" this month's deal on #tariffs and other measures

#China accuses #USA of "abuse of export control measures"

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