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The Trump administration prompts a trade spat with China, just as it needs Beijing's help

with North Korea the most. And what does a Google employee rant about women engineers say

about the company, Silicon Valley and sexism in general? These are the issues we'll be tackling

later in this week's views room, a weekly conversation among breaking views columnists about the

ups and downs of the world of finance.

I'm your host Anthony Curry. My co-host, Jen Saber, is currently on route to Texas.

Wars start for many reasons. The abduction of Helen of Sparta set off the Trojan War.

Archduke Ferdinand's assassination by Bosnian Serbs pushed Europe into a calamitous four-year conflict in 1914.

Future historians, though, may trace the next configuration to aluminium foil.

And sadly, that's not a joke.

I'm joined on the line from Washington by our very own Gina Chon.

How you doing, Gina? You're holding in there?

Yes, despite everything.

So tell us, how is a product most of us use just to line oven trays leading to a potential

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