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  View in browser To get John Authers’ newsletter delivered directly to your inbox,  sign up here . Today’s Points:   It happened. The US imposed 104% tariffs    on Chinese imports as the two powers continue their  game without frontiers .  US stock markets  really hate  the news, and a  rally was squelched  for the second day running.   Treasury yields  are on a remarkable rebound — but probably not due to Chinese   manipulation.  China has  set its currency  at its weakest since 2007.   AND: To relax, try reading  Whodunnits . Unlike with markets, you know everything will be resolved and make sense. Trade War of the Worlds 104% it is. At the time of writing (midnight in New York), the  China-US  trade dispute has reached the point where Washington is doubling the price that Americans must pay to buy Chinese. If this sticks, the world’s two biggest economies...

  Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy demands answers over Chinese nationals fighting for Russia Zelenskyy says two Chinese nationals captured fighting for Russia in Ukraine – video The Ukrainian president says the Chinese nationals were just two of many fighting with Russian forces. What we know on day 1,141 Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his government is seeking clarification from Beijing  after Ukrainian forces  captured two Chinese nationals  fighting with Russian forces in the eastern Donetsk region. Zelenskyy said the captured fighters were two of many more Chinese members of the Russian armed forces, and  he accused the Kremlin of trying to involve Beijing  in the conflict “directly or indirectly”.  A few hundred Chinese nationals are thought to have travelled to fight  as mercenaries with the Russian army alongside others from Nepal and central Asian countries. US state department spokesperson Tammy Bruce  called the development “disturbing”, ...