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The 20-year trade war

China and the US announced new tariffs on each other: Chinese tech entrepreneur Jack Ma is forecasting big trouble.

China and the US announced new tariffs on each other: Chinese tech entrepreneur Jack Ma is forecasting big trouble. Also in this edition: Germany's spy chief is kicked upstairs; Algeria purges its top brass; the ship that's opened a new trade route through the ice; and what's at stake with the battle over the US Supreme Court nomination.
(Picture: Alibaba founder Jack Ma speaks at a computing conference in Hangzhou, China.
Credit: AFP/Getty)

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