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World Service,15 Jul 2020,53 mins

US ends Hong Kong's preferential trade treatment

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The US President, Donald Trump, has signed an order to end preferential treatment for Hong Kong ending decades of favourable business deals and following a new security law imposed by China on the territory. Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite, has been denied bail in a case against her and her alleged involvement with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Another Indian city goes into lockdown because Covid-19, this time it's Bengaluru the IT hub of the country.

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