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China has extended its trade truce with the US by two months, keeping an extra tariff on American goods suspended.
France has blamed Iran’s Revolutionary Guards for cyberattacks on French supermarkets, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has pointed to battlefield gains ahead of talks in Abu Dhabi.
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2️⃣ 🇫🇷 🇮🇷 France blames Iran for supermarket hacks: French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot blamed Iran’s Revolutionary Guards for October cyberattacks that disrupted refrigeration in French supermarkets. France summoned Iran’s ambassador, and Barrot said those responsible would face Europe-wide sanctions.
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🇨🇳 🇺🇸 China extends US trade truce by two months
China has extended its trade truce with the US by two months.
Beijing will keep an additional 24% tariff on US imports suspended while leaving a 10% tariff in place.
It will also extend waivers on some critical mineral export controls and keep special port fees on US-linked vessels suspended until 10 January.
The extension comes ahead of an expected meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump at the APEC summit in China.
A separate package of reciprocal tariff cuts proposed after their September meeting in Washington has yet to be finalised.
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