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There's a continuing war of words over America's new import tax on steel and aluminium. We get reaction to the US's latest negotiating stance from Charles de Lusignan of the European Steel Association, and hear the wider context from our regular economic commentator, Roger Bootle of Capital Economics. Also in the programme, as Scotland introduces a minimum price for alcohol to try and tackle a health crisis, we get reaction from ordinary Scots, and ask whether the measure will actually have the desired effect. Environmental campaigner Ocean Hyland tells us why she is asking the board of Barclays bank to stop funding an oil pipeline in Canada which she fears will lead to the destruction of her indigenous community in British Columbia. And we hear from Peter Hahn, professor of banking at the London Institute of Banking and Finance, how Barclays is facing challenges on a number of fronts. We have a report from India on a rapid rise in the number of couples choosing to divorce. Plus, as the World Chess Federation struggles to get a bank account and function normally because its president has been sanctioned by the Trump administration, Leon Watson, who covers the game for the website Chessable, tells us how significant an impact it is having on the organisation.

(Picture: A steel plant. Picture credit: Getty Images.)