Behind Ukraine’s readiness to accept a US-proposed ceasefire with Russia

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  Coming up, Canada,

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  U.S. trade war intensifies as President Donald Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs taking effect.

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  US equities lost trillions of dollars in value as Trump plows ahead on tariffs.

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  Ukraine is ready to accept a US proposed plan for a 30 day ceasefire with Russia.

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  And Angola is going to act as a mediator for peace negotiations between Congo and M23 rebels.

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  US President Donald Trump's additional tariffs on steel

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  and aluminum have taken effect after previous exemptions and duty free quotas expired.

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  President Donald Trump has restored effective global tariffs of 25% on all steel

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  and aluminum imports.

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  The duties are also being extended to hundreds of downstream products made from these two metals.

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  On Tuesday,

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  Trump threatened Canada with doubling the duties on steel and aluminum from the country up to 50%.

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  He later backed off on that plan

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