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World Service,06 Aug 2019,53 mins

China suspends purchase of US agricultural products

Newsday

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Chinese state media says that Beijing has suspended purchases of US agricultural products, following President Trump's announcement last week of new tariffs on imports from China. In a rare intervention, the former US president, Barack Obama, has urged Americans to reject the language of hatred, fear, and racial intolerance from any of their leaders. And we speak to the father of conjoined twins who’s decided to leave his children's survival to fate alone.

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