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. >> additiona funding provided by koo and patricia yuen, through the yuen fndation, committed to bridgingtural differences in our community. the corporation for public broadcsting. and by contributions to your pbo station fm viewers like you. thanyou. >> once again from washington, moderator robert costa. robert: on w friday, the tra raged. china announced it would soon levy new tariffs on $ 5 blion in u.s. goods. president trump demanded that american compalyes immedia start looking for an alternative to china. s thatndoff sent the duh jens industrialverage tumbling 600 points, nearly 2.4%. after the markets closed, the president, as usual, punched hiking up his tariffs on china. it capped off a turbulent week offe presidentia and indecision on the economy and other issues right before the president heads to france f the g-7 meeting. joining me tonight for our discussion, anita kumar, white house correspondent and associate editor f politico. martha raddatz, abc news chief global affairsorspondent and co-anchor of "this week." dan balz, chief correspondent for "the washington post." and

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