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China’s critical minerals, metal tariffs, Dutch immigration and Spain’s ghost towns

China’s critical minerals, metal tariffs, Dutch immigration and Spain’s ghost towns

Reuters World News

June 4, 202512m 16s

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Show Notes

Global automakers have joined their U.S. counterparts to warn about the impact of China's restrictions on critical minerals. The U.S. tariff rate on most imported steel and aluminum has doubled, as President Donald Trump ratchets up a global trade war. Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders is gambling that his hardline immigration stance will propel him to power in a snap election. And how Madrid’s so-called "ghost towns" are being revitalized in an attempt to solve the Spanish capital’s housing crisis.

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