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Feb 2025
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Trade Wars: Trump vs China

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Having implemented - then temporarily rescinded - tariffs on Canada and Mexico after both countries struck last-minute deals, Donald Trump now has his sights firmly focused on China. Following his announcement of a 10% tax on their imports to the US, China retaliated with their own. So what effect will this new trade war between the world’s two biggest economies have on China, the US and rest of the world? 


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Guest: Dr Linda Yueh, Economist, Oxford University and London Business School.

Host: Manveen Rana.

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