Trade disunion: America’s tariff wars

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🗓️ 7 October 2019

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Chinese and American trade negotiators will again be trying to avoid more eye-watering tariffs this week; meanwhile a years-long dispute with the European Union has sparked yet more levies. Where does it all end? We describe the recent “quantum supremacy” result, and what it realistically means for computing’s future. And, the coming submersion of 12,000 years of human history in Turkey.

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0:00.0	What's on the horizon for financial markets?
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0:30.2	Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio.
0:39.6	I'm your host, Jason Palmer.
0:41.8	Every weekday, we provide fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.
0:50.0	There's been a big advance recently in quantum computers,
0:53.6	but what are they?
0:55.2	When will you get one of them?
0:56.4	What are they even good for?
0:58.4	We tackle one of the world's most counterintuitive and hyped bits of technology.
1:05.2	And Hassan Cave in southeastern Turkey is one of the longest continuously inhabited places on Earth.
1:11.9	Not for long, though.
1:13.4	Residents have until tomorrow to evacuate before a new hydroelectric dam
1:18.0	floods the valley and submerges 12,000 years of human history.
1:23.0	But first,
1:31.6	trade discussions between America and China resuming this week.
1:35.5	The 13th round of negotiations will take place in Washington,
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