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World Service,11 Jul 2018,26 mins

President Trump urges Allies to Double Military Spending

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Donald Trump singles out Germany for criticism. We ask Jeff Rathke at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Washington if he's right. Beijing describes Washington's latest tariff threat on $200bn of goods as "unacceptable". Michael Hirson leads Eurasia Group's coverage of China, and tells us how Beijing might respond. Also in the programme, we hear about an extraordinary food scandal in Kolkata, India. Plus, the BBC's Tom Davies reports on how workers can avoid getting distracted by the football World Cup. (Picture: A Chinese textile worker. Picture credit: Getty Images.)

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