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China-US trade war intensifies

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Today sees a dramatic escalation of the trade war between the world’s two largest economies, as a new round of tit-for-tat tariffs between the US and China comes into effect. Investor Chris Orndorff gives the view from the US, whilst the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Karishma Vaswani reports from China.

Google is celebrating its twentieth birthday this month. Professor Wendy Hall of the University of Southampton looks back on the rise of a remarkable company; Stuart Miles of Pocket Lint looks forward to Google's future opportunities - and challenges.

Also in the US, our regular commentator Michael Hughes looks ahead to a big week for the US economy.

And three pop stars from the 1980s - Beverley Craven, Julia Fordham and Judie Tzuke - tell us about the changes they've seen in the music industry, as they prepare to start touring as a trio.

(Picture: Container Ship Transportation In Guangzhou. Picture credit: Getty Images)

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