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World Service,27 Sep 2024,26 mins

Is a trade war brewing between China and the US?

World Business Report

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Is another trade war brewing between the world's two biggest economies? The United States has just increased the level of border taxes - tariffs - on electric vehicles as well as on solar panels and batteries from China. Beijing has vowed to respond. Rob Young looks at the reasons behind the move. Also, Japan has suffered what's often called three lost economic decades. Well, it's about to get a new prime minister. So, what's his plan for the world's fourth biggest economy? And we look at the workers being fooled by artificial intelligence clones of their boss. Would you be able to tell the difference?

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