Duty falls: US and China reach a deal
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 12 May 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Tariffs against China were the centrepiece of Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” trade plans. Our correspondent explains the significance of a new 90-day hiatus. Will Ukraine and Russia come to the negotiating table this week (7:51)? Why new techniques to compress the contrast between loud and quiet music could be damaging our hearing (15:35). And help us improve the show by taking this survey.
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| 1:24.4 | visited Kiev this weekend, Zelensky has laid down the gauntlet. |
| 1:28.5 | The question is whether Putin will take up his offer for talks in-person in Istanbul on Thursday. |
| 1:36.2 | And the contrast between the quiet and loud parts of a piece of music help keep us listening. |
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