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Here is your morning brief for Friday, October 17th.

I'm Kate Bullivant for the Wall Street Journal.

President Trump's former National Security Advisor John Bolton

has been indicted on charges of allegedly mishandling classified information.

Prosecutors said that Bolton shared more than a thousand pages of

diary-like entries with two relatives, sometimes from his private email accounts that contain

classified information about his daily activities when working in Trump's first administration.

In a statement, Bolton described the charges as part of an effort to intimidate

Trump critics and that he was looking forward to exposing Trump's, quote, abuse of power.

The auto industry is panicking about a potential chip shortage stemming from a Dutch manufacturer

at the heart of the US-China trade war. We're reporting that

Nick Spearia told customers last week that it was stopping shipments of parts after the Dutch

government wrestled control of the company from its Chinese owner, which has been blacklisted

by the US. Nick Spearia is the market leader in transistors and diodes that go into everything from electronic windows to your electronic windscreen wipers.

Every automaker in the world could be exposed to this shortage.

We understand that some are looking at how fast they can sub in alternative supplies,

while, for instance, German automakers are pressurising local and Chinese politicians

to resolve the dispute. And Starbucks is assessing bids from five parties for its China business

as it seeks a partner to navigate intense competition from Chinese coffee chains. The company

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