AI and trade: Will US and China agree?
Learning English from the News

AI and trade: Will US and China agree?

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 23, 20268 min
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  • Politics

US President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping will meet in a summit at the White House this week for the first time since 2023, following on from a President Trump’s visit to China earlier this year in which a truce was agreed. Before the truce was agreed, both the US and China had imposed high tarrifs on products coming in from the other country. The truce will end in November and many experts say that the two countries will try to extend their truce and make more agreements on trade. Alongside trade tari...

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In this programme, the leaders of the USA and China are meeting this week. But what will they discuss? Hello, I'm Pippa. And I'm Becca.

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