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Apr 2025
20m 55s

Trump’s tariff war with China

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China has adopted a “wartime footing” in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s triple digit tariffs. But both Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping have a lot to lose in this fight. So who will blink first? On this weekend episode, our correspondents in Washington and Beijing lay out how we got here, and how these two countries could get out of this spi ... Show More
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