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US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have agreed to halt new trade tariffs for 90 days to allow for further talks. At a post-G20 summit meeting in Buenos Aires, Mr Trump agreed not to boost tariffs on $200bn of Chinese goods from 10% to 25% on 1 January. Yu Jie is China Research Fellow at the London-based think-tank Chatham House. She tells us about the political ramifications of this 鈥榯rade truce鈥� for China and President Xi.
Israeli police have recommended indicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara for alleged fraud and bribery. They are suspected of awarding regulatory favours to the Bezeq telecom firm in return for positive media coverage of the couple. Mr Netanyahu has vehemently denied the allegations, calling them a 鈥渕atch-fix鈥�. Aaron David Miller, Vice-president and director of the Middle East program at the Woodrow Wilson Centre in Washington, gives his take on the politics of the accusation.

Last month Tanzania's President John Magufuli said he prefers Chinese to Western aid as it comes with fewer conditions. This comes at the same time many foreign investors are getting nervous about Tanzania鈥檚 economic policies and the President鈥檚 confrontational stance on social and political issues. Judith Tyson, Research Fellow at the Overseas Development Institute, joins the show to discuss how Chinese loans may be shifting alliances in the country.

And finally, a lot of thought has been put into how Brexit will affect various British workers in Europe, but one group that hasn鈥檛 cropped up much is the small army of interpreters working in the heart of Brussels, the European Parliament. The 麻豆约拍鈥檚 Manuela Saragosa travelled to Brussels to hear how the British interpreters are dealing with their country鈥檚 imminent departure.

Plus, we鈥檒l get a regular view on the week鈥檚 economic news with independent economist Michael Hughes.

(Photo description: US President Donald Trump, US Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin, US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer along with members of their delegation hold a dinner meeting with China's President Xi Jinping (out of frame) at the end of the G20 Leaders' Summit in Buenos Aires, on December 01, 2018. Photo credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)