Stephen Carroll

Ahead of those discussions, the US government imposed sanctions on more than 30 entities that support Iranian oil and weapons sales.

Republican Senator Steve Davies says Iran's leadership presents a threat.

Republican Steve Davies there speaking to Bloomberg yesterday.

According to the U.S.

Office of Foreign Assets Control, individuals and entities across the Middle East that helped Tehran develop advanced weapons have been blacklisted.

In his State of the Union address, President Trump claimed Iran was working to reconstitute its nuclear program, even as it negotiates with Washington.

And those are your top stories on the markets.

The Stock 600 this morning is slightly lower, but the most interesting moves are in individual share prices.

London Stock Exchange Group up by 3.9% at the moment.

Rolls-Royce Holdings 5.9% higher after they announced that big new share buyback, £7-9 billion over the next year.

two years.

Schneider Electric up by 2.3% and WPP, which started its trading session actually higher, now down by 4.5% after announcing that new round of cost savings and the slash of its dividend.

Those are your markets.

I'm Stephen Carroll and this is Bloomberg.

And I'm Stephen Carroll.

The EU sees the latest US tariffs hitting 4.2 billion euros in exports with levies above what was agreed in the trade deal with the White House.

Bloomberg understands the bloc sees chemicals and agricultural products as a key area of concern.

US Trade Representative Jemison Greer told Bloomberg America will meet its side of the trade deal.

Greer added that President Donald Trump will sign a directive in the coming days raising his new global tariff to 15%.

The International Monetary Fund says the tariff uncertainty risks undercutting an otherwise buoyant US economy.