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China imposes 84% tariffs on the US | BBC News
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VoiceTube posted on 2025/04/10Wow, China just hit the US with an 84% tariff increase! This BBC News report dives deep into the escalating trade war, explaining what the "unreliable entity list" and "export controls" really mean for global markets. You'll pick up some super useful vocabulary for discussing complex economic situations and understand the impact of these major policy shifts!
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US /sɔrt/
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UK /sɔ:t/
- Transitive Verb
- To organize things by putting them into groups
- To deal with things in an organized way
- Noun
- Group or class of similar things or people
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US /ɪˈnɔrməs/
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UK /iˈnɔ:məs/
- Adjective
- Huge; very big; very important
- Very great in size, amount, or degree.
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US /skel/
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UK /skeɪl/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Size, level, or amount when compared
- Small hard plates that cover the body of fish
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To change the size of but keep the proportions
- To climb something large (e.g. a mountain)
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US /ˈkeˌɑs/
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UK /'keɪɒs/
- Noun (plural)
- State of utter confusion or disorder
- Uncountable Noun
- Complete disorder and confusion.
- Behavior so unpredictable as to appear random, owing to great sensitivity to small changes in conditions.
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