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World Service,09 May 2025,26 mins

US and China to hold trade talks in Switzerland

World Business Report

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Join Roger Hearing ahead of this weekend's meeting in Switzerland of Chinese and American diplomats. They'll discuss reducing mutual trade tariffs in a bid to lower the temperature in US/China trade war. US President Trump has hinted US tariffs on Chinese goods will fall from 145% to around 80%. We hear how Chinese Auto makers, who struggle to sell vehicles in North America because of import tariffs, are expanding rapidly in many markets around the world. And the government of Mexico is suing Google Maps of its use of the name "Gulf of America" instead of the longstanding "Gulf of Mexico".

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