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welcome to the PDB afternoon afternoon bulletin. I'm Mike Baker,

your eyes and ears on the world stage. All right, let's get briefed. First up, China lashes out at the U.S. over the Trump administration's trade deal with Vietnam and warns other nations

against striking agreements that undermine

Beijing's economic interests. We'll have those details. Later in the show, we'll look at how

South America's cartels are using technology to move their gear. Columbia's Navy seized its first

drone-operated narco sub, which was outfitted with a Starlink antenna,

enabling real-time satellite navigation.

But first, today's afternoon spotlight.

While investors breathed a sigh of relief after President Trump struck a trade deal with Vietnam

on Wednesday, there was one party that wasn't celebrating the news. Of course, that would be the

Chinese Communist Party, the regime in China. On Thursday, officials with China's Commerce

Ministry lashed out at the U.S. over Trump's new arrangement with Hanoi and set a warning shot

across the bow of other nations considering new trade frameworks with America, the Chinese feel that the deal targets and harms, quote, the interests of third parties, by which they mean China, and are warning other countries that China will take steps to economically retaliate against those that strike deals that undermine their dominance as a global exporter. That's

according to our report from the Financial Times. Well, that's really not very neighborly. As we covered

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