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Coming up, U.S. president Donald Trump has announced 25% tariffs on car imports.
What does it mean for U.S.
carmakers and consumers?
The EU has rejected Russia's ceasefire demand for sanctions relief.
Does this add more uncertainty to the fragile Black Sea truce?
Jamaica has revolved a push by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio against a program that brings in Cuban doctors.
We take a closer look at the Cuban medical missions and their role in Caribbean healthcare.
US President Donald Trump has announced plans to impose 25% tariffs on all imported automobiles.
The tariffs will go into effect on April 2.
Trump argued
that the tariffs would encourage more production to relocate to the US Generate new revenues for the government and help reduce national debt.
Economists, however, have warned that tariffs would push up car prices and hurt consumers.
For more, we are joined by Liu Ciqin,
Senior fellow with the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University of China.
Donald Trump claimed the tariffs would lead to tremendous growth in the US Auto industry and would spur jobs and investment in the U.S. do you think this claim holds up?