Hello and welcome to World Business Report here on the BBC World Service.
I'm Rahul Tandon.
Coming up,
we're going to find out why there could be a toy shortage in the United States this Christmas.
I know it's a long way away, but you'll guess the reason.
It's tariffs once again.
And there's concern for the survival of Africa's sheer nut tree,
which provides an income for millions of women.
China today is denying President Trump's claim.
We'll come to that story a little bit later.
But we're going to start the program once again by talking about China,
because China has told the Trump administration to scrap all unilateral tariffs
if they want further.
trade talks.
Let's get the thoughts of Yukon Huang, the Chinese American economist.
He was formerly the World Bank's country director for China.
Thanks so much for joining us here on World Business Report.
And I suppose that very strong stance that we've seen from the Chinese comes as no surprise to you.
No, one should not be surprised.
The Chinese government is both angry,