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| 0:00.0 | Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. President Trump arrived in Beijing today. China is |
| 0:07.0 | closely aligned with Iran and the state visit was initially delayed by the U.S. war with the Islamic |
| 0:12.2 | Republic. NPR's at Tamara Keith has more about how the conflict will factor in in talks with |
| 0:17.1 | President Xi Jinping. China and Iran are close allies and trading partners, and the U.S. |
| 0:22.5 | has just spent weeks bombing Iran and is now blockading all ships connected to the country. |
| 0:27.8 | Meanwhile, there are questions about whether China has assisted Iran. Trump has mostly downplayed |
| 0:34.7 | those concerns. As he was leaving Washington, Trump insisted he didn't need |
| 0:39.7 | anything from China when it comes to Iran, though that may just be posturing because Trump |
| 0:45.5 | had previously taken to social media to ask China to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz. |
| 0:50.9 | NPR's Tamara Keith reporting the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has meant more |
| 0:55.2 | business at the Panama Canal. More ships are using the canal and at higher prices since the war broke |
| 1:00.9 | out in Iran. NPR's Jackie Northam has this report. The Panama Canal Authority says daily transits have |
| 1:06.6 | increased more than 10 percent over the past two months, but the biggest change has been the types of |
| 1:12.1 | vessels using the canal. The number of container ships has dipped slightly, while the number of |
| 1:17.3 | tankers carrying oil and liquefied natural gas has jumped 29% as they search for other options |
| 1:24.0 | beyond the Strait of Hormuz. They are last-minute reservations and have to use an |
| 1:28.8 | auction system. In April, fees averaged $380,000, nearly six times higher than before the start of the |
| 1:36.6 | Iran War. The Panama Canal Authority says some vessels are paying more than a million dollars to |
| 1:42.6 | cross. In a press release, the canal authority |
| 1:45.3 | said amid all the geopolitical complexities, the canal remains an open and reliable option for |
| 1:51.6 | vessels. Jackie Northam, NPR News. A new report offers details on math and reading scores for |
| 1:58.3 | students in the U.S. As NPR's Corey Turner reports, the researchers say big losses in learning didn't begin |
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