{"id":13499,"date":"2019-06-05T05:22:38","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T13:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/?p=13499"},"modified":"2023-01-07T07:51:50","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T15:51:50","slug":"business-english-news-42-trade-wars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/2019\/06\/05\/business-english-news-42-trade-wars\/","title":{"rendered":"Business English News 42 &#8211; Trade Wars"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13499-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/bizpod\/BEN42-Trade-Wars.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/bizpod\/BEN42-Trade-Wars.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/bizpod\/BEN42-Trade-Wars.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/quiz\/BEN42POD\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Business-English-News-42-LESSON-Trade-Wars-1-600x259.jpg\" alt=\"Business English News 42 Lesson - Trade Wars\" width=\"600\" height=\"259\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-13508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Business-English-News-42-LESSON-Trade-Wars-1-600x259.jpg 600w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Business-English-News-42-LESSON-Trade-Wars-1-300x130.jpg 300w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Business-English-News-42-LESSON-Trade-Wars-1-768x332.jpg 768w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Business-English-News-42-LESSON-Trade-Wars-1-200x86.jpg 200w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Business-English-News-42-LESSON-Trade-Wars-1-400x173.jpg 400w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Business-English-News-42-LESSON-Trade-Wars-1-800x346.jpg 800w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Business-English-News-42-LESSON-Trade-Wars-1.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to Donald Trump, &#8220;trade wars are easy to win.&#8221; However, as usual, reality appears to contradict Trump&#8217;s claims. In the current dispute between the U.S. and China, it doesn&#8217;t look like a winner will emerge any time soon. As CNN notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration made good on its threat to raise tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese exports from 10% to 25%, marking a sharp rise in tensions between the world&#8217;s two largest economies. After months of talks aimed at ending a year-long dispute that has already hurt global growth and rattled stock markets around the world, the latest US salvo risks triggering a new wave of tit-for-tat responses.<\/p>\n<p>[tp no_translate=&#8221;y&#8221;]<strong>Free Resources: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/quiz\/BEN42SN-Trade-Wars.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PDF Transcript<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/quiz\/BEN42QIZ\/presentation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quizzes<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/quiz\/BEN42POD\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lesson Module<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Download: <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/bizpod\/BEN42-Trade-Wars.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Podcast MP3<\/a><\/strong>[\/tp]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn business English vocabulary related to 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