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I'm Patrick Lane, Deputy Digital Editor and The Economist.

Coming up on today's show, Donald Trump is on the Tariff War path again. Saudi Arabia is set to sell its first oil company shares and Branko Milanovich

talks about the future of capitalism. First up, Donald Trump is something of a trade warrior. He's taking up the cudgels again, announcing tariffs on steel and aluminium

imports from Brazil and Argentina. And he's threatened to slap 100% tariffs on some French

goods including wine, cheese, and handbags.

He says that in retaliation for France's new digital services tax, which would hit American

companies such as Google and Apple.

Until now, China has been the main target of Mr Trump's tariffs,

and recently he's been boasting about the pain that they've inflicted on the Chinese economy.

But a couple of recent surveys of its manufacturing sector indicate that the Chinese economy

is stronger than he thinks.

One survey hit its highest in three years, while another surpassed most expectations.

Simon Rabinovich is the economist's Asia Economics editor. He's based in Shanghai and he joined me down the line now.

Hello Simon.

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