Russia’s strike on Sumy; America’s tariff chaos, and more
The World in Brief from The Economist
The Economist
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🗓️ 14 April 2025
⏱️ 6 minutes
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| 0:58.9 | Our Top Stories Howard Lutnik, America's Commerce Secretary, said that although certain electronics, |
| 1:04.6 | including phones and computers, were now exempt from Donald Trump's 145% tariffs on |
| 1:09.9 | Chinese goods, they would be subject to |
| 1:12.1 | future levies on semiconductors. |
| 1:14.7 | Earlier, China described the exemption, which was announced on Friday, as a small |
| 1:18.8 | step towards correcting America's wrongful action. |
| 1:22.1 | Mr. Lutnik said chip tariffs would probably arrive in a month or two. |
| 1:27.3 | A Russian missile strike killed at least 34 people in Sumi, a city in northeastern Ukraine, |
| 1:33.3 | according to Ukrainian officials. |
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