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Japan, Britain Stress Free Trade In Tokyo Talks

(From left)British Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds, Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya, British Foreign Secretary David Lammy and Japanese Trade Minister Yoji Muto
Britain and Japan stressed the importance of free trade in talks in Tokyo on Friday amid an escalating battle of tit-for-tat tariffs between the United States and other countries under President Donald Trump.

China Vows To Fight US Trade War 'To The End'

Beijing set an ambitious annual growth target of around five percent on Wednesday, vowing to make domestic demand its main economic driver as an escalating trade war with the United States hit exports
China vowed to fight a trade war with the United States "to the end" on Thursday, as tariffs from Washington buffeted the global economy and threatened to hit Beijing's lagging growth.
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