China’s reaction to US tariffs
This combination of file photos shows, from left, US President Donald Trump in Palm Beach, Fla., Feb. 7, 2025, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Kyiv, Ukraine, June 10, 2023, China’s President Xi Jinping in Brasilia, Brazil, Nov. 20, 2024, and Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum in Mexico City, June 27, 2024.
President Donald Trump has imposed new tariffs on the United States’ top three trading partners, Canada, Mexico and China. China’s response came fast, during a week of meetings in Beijing, to set the country’s policy agenda for the next year. Also, some European countries prepare for a possible breakup with the US after 80 years of trans-Atlantic cooperation. Plus, Iraq conducted its first census in nearly 40 years: what the data revealed. And families in Valencia, Spain, are getting help from scientists to salvage family photos lost in last fall’s flooding.
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