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Aug 2022
26m 33s

US and Taiwan to hold trade talks

Bbc World Service
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Washington announces negotiations to ease trade barriers with the self-ruled island amid tensions with China. The talks will focus on areas such as e-commerce and agriculture. We hear more from Scott Kennedy, senior advisor in Chinese business & economics at CSIS. The Trump Organization's former CFO Allen Weisselberg has admitted engineering a 15 year tax-f ... Show More
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