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Jun 28
49m 26s

Trump trade: one step forward, two steps...

Bbc World Service
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There's another twist to the tariffs tale... US President Donald Trump says he's stopping trade talks with Canada over a tax he's not happy about.

The US and China have reached a trade truce on critical minerals... but how critical is the deal?

And Glastonbury has a hippy roots, but it’s making serious money.... we’ll hear how it generates hundreds of millions for the British economy.

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