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1. How Trump’s latest tariffs on allies, rivals could fund his ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
As the ink on US President Donald Trump’s signature “One Big Beautiful Bill” barely dried, he turned his focus back to tariffs, ending a three-month lull in global trade tensions.
2. China’s exports accelerate in June as US trade truce creates opening
China’s exports recorded a larger-than-expected acceleration in June, as exporters took advantage of a 90-day tariff truce with the United States to speed up their shipments.
3. ‘Trump got China wrong’: 2 US-China experts on Washington’s missteps
The White House “should really find some people who understand the Chinese economy and politics”, political science expert Li Cheng suggests.
