The great brawl: China v America

Donald Trump is now aiming his trade war (https://www.economist.com/finance-and...) squarely at China. As the tit-for-tat tariff battle keeps escalating, investors are fleeing to safe assets. What will happen next? Germany’s Friedrich Merz finally signs a deal for a coalition government (https://www.economist.com/europe/2025...) (10:12). And remembering Betty Webb (https://www.economist.com/obituary/20..., who worked at Britain’s wartime codebreaking centre Bletchley Park (19:36).

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