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China's price problem

China's price problem

Update: 2025-04-02
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President Trump’s trade war is complicating China’s deflation dilemma. Host Carmel Crimmins talks to Reuters Chief Correspondent in China, Antoni Slodkowski, about falling prices and efforts to boost consumer confidence in the world’s second-largest economy. Plus, we hear from China’s “restaurant undertaker”.


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