China hits back - the latest in the trade war

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  Hello and welcome to World Business Report from the BBC World Service.

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  I'm Roger Hearing.

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  And on this edition, China and the US Are set to begin a trade war.

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  As a phone call between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping doesn't happen,

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  we'll get a sense of how this is going down in Washington and in China

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  and Canada and Mexico may be off the hook for a few weeks,

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  but one Canadian union leader is worried for the future.

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  Economically speaking, these tariffs will be very painful,

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  not just for Canadian workers, but for American workers and American consumers.

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  And we hear about Germany's generous sick leave policies for workers.

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  Are they damaging the economy?

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  But first, US Tariffs against Mexico and Canada are on hold, but not,

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  at least so far, those to be imposed on Chinese goods coming, coming to America.

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