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Trump’s Tariff Threat for Drug imports Poses Big Political Risks

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Rebecca Robbins
Levies on Americans’ daily prescriptions and other medicines could raise costs, spur rationing and lead to shortages of critical drugs.

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Most medications consumed in the United States are produced at least partly overseas. China and India do most of the production of cheaper generic drugs, while expensive patented medications are more often made in Europe or the United States.

Trump’s Dilemma: A Trade War That Threatens Every Other Negotiation With China

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David E. Sanger
President Trump is staking everything on winning by imposing tariffs on China. But the fight threatens to choke off negotiations about other issues like Taiwan, fentanyl, TikTok and more.

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President Trump may be entering any eventual negotiations alone because he has alienated the allies who in recent years had come to a common approach to countering Chinese power.

No Jail Time for Queens Man Convicted of Spying for China

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Santul Nerkar
Shujun Wang worked for a pro-democracy organization while passing information about dissidents to China, prosecutors said. He was sentenced to three years of supervised release.

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Shujun Wang, an American citizen, billed himself as a scholar and democracy activist who fled China to build a new life in New York in the 1990s.

China’s Halt of Critical Minerals Poses Risk for U.S. Military Programs

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Helene Cooper
The Pentagon and defense contractors are heavily reliant on magnets and rare earth minerals mined or processed in China, which has suspended exports of the materials in an escalating trade war.

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Rare earth minerals are present in almost every form of American defense technology. They can form very powerful magnets, for use in fighter jets, warships, missiles, tanks and lasers.

With Trump’s Tariffs, Europe Fears a Flood of Cheap Goods From China

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Michael D. Shear and Jeanna Smialek
President Trump’s tariffs on China could lead to a hazardous scenario for European countries: the dumping of artificially cheap products that could undermine local industries.

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New cars in Guangzhou, China, this month. With China facing an extraordinary wall of tariffs thanks to President Trump, Europe is bracing for an influx of diverted goods.
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