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02/12/2018 GMT

No Additional Tariffs on China

BBC World Service - Weekend, No Additional Tariffs on China

US eases tariff pressure on China; Mexico's new president; Japanese pop sensation

The United States has announced an agreement reached with China's leader Xi Jinping, under which President Trump is cancelling his threat to impose twenty-five per cent trade tariffs.

Also on the programme: The Mexican President, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, has been sworn in; and a new pop sensation from Japan.

Julian Worricker discusses these and other stories with Alex Von Tunzelmann, historian, author and screen writer; and Richard McGregor, journalist, author and currently a Senior Fellow, Lowy Institute - an Australian foreign policy think tank in Sydney.

(Image: US President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping and their delegations in Buenos Aires. Credit: AFP)

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