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World Service,08 Aug 2018,26 mins

US China Trade Tariff Tit For Tat

World Business Report

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Another round of retaliatory trade tariffs was announced this week - Washington first, then Beijing responding - with 25 per cent tariffs on 16 billion dollars worth of goods. How are the markets responding? Susan Schmidt, senior portfolio manager at the Dallas-based Westwood Holdings Group, explains. California's biggest wildfire on record is expected to burn for the rest of the month. To understand the why we hear from Dr William Stewart, a Forest Management specialist at the University of California Berkeley. A new play called Lies has opened in London. The audience play the parts of bankers betting on the world economy and the actors are croupiers, who guide the bankers to financial triumph - or to worldwide financial disaster. The BBC's Vincent Dowd tried his luck. Plus new research from North Carolina State University indicates that all-female film casts contribute less to box office takings than male stars. BBC Business' Russell Padmore reports.

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