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China-US trade war intensifies

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Today sees a dramatic escalation of the trade war between the world’s two largest economies, as a new round of tit-for-tat tariffs between the US and China comes into effect. Investor Chris Orndorff gives the view from the US, whilst the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Karishma Vaswani reports from China.

Google is celebrating its twentieth birthday this month. Professor Wendy Hall of the University of Southampton looks back on the rise of a remarkable company; Stuart Miles of Pocket Lint looks forward to Google's future opportunities - and challenges.

Also in the US, our regular commentator Michael Hughes looks ahead to a big week for the US economy.

And three pop stars from the 1980s - Beverley Craven, Julia Fordham and Judie Tzuke - tell us about the changes they've seen in the music industry, as they prepare to start touring as a trio.

(Picture: Container Ship Transportation In Guangzhou. Picture credit: Getty Images)

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