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Welcome to the PDB afternoon bulletin.

I'm Mike Baker.

Your eyes and ears on the world stage.

All right.

Let's get briefed.

First, with their economy bucking under the weight of steep U.S.

tariffs, it appears that China might be making a move towards de-escalation, reportedly granting

exemptions for certain critical goods, though officials in Beijing are staying quiet about the

development. Later in the show, Indian and Pakistani soldiers briefly exchanged fire across the line of

control in disputed Kashmir on Friday, as fears mounts that the two nuclear-armed neighbors

are moving towards a larger conflict.

But first, today's afternoon spotlight.

It looks like China may have just blinked in the

trade war with the U.S. Despite Beijing's hardline rhetoric and vows not to back down to U.S. economic

pressure, signs emerged Friday that relief may be coming for companies hit hard by the tariffs.

According to the American Chamber of Commerce in China,

the communist regime has granted some American imports exemptions from its 125% tariffs,

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