Research, editing : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA
The legislative body, known as the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH), represents National League for Democracy parliamentarians ousted in the 2021 coup. Pyidaungsu Hluttaw means Union Parliament.
Under the law, the People’s Police Force will soon be established under the civilian Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration.
The civilian home affairs and immigration minister U Lwin Ko Latt said, “After we form the police force, we will be able to upgrade law enforcement from accepting complaints to prosecuting.”
The ministry has so far received more than 400 complaints about junta atrocities against civilians.
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New Police law seeks legal action against Myanmar Junta leaders
The CRPH said the law will take legal action against the military leaders who seized power illegally, expose the crimes committed by the regime against civilians and punish the perpetrators and those who misappropriate resources during military rule.
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New Police law seeks to build reliable and trusted police force of Myanmar
Under the law, police are required to work with the civil administration to prevent crime. The law aims to build a police force that is trusted, respected and relied upon by all ethnicities.
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NUG: Crime prevention is the collective work of Police, people's administration and justice ministry
The NUG has primarily installed interim parallel administrations in Sagaing and Magwe regions. The police, people’s administration and justice ministry of the NUG will work together for law enforcement, the shadow government said.
Interim administrations are operating in Indaw, Kyunhla, Wuntho, Katha, Tigyaing, Kanbalu, Banmauk, Pinlebu and Kawlin townships in Sagaing Region and are being expanded to 19 other townships in Sagaing. Six townships have parallel administrations in Magwe Region, according to the NUG’s home affairs ministry.
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NUG's Justice Ministry formed 17 townships' judicial systems
The NUG’s Ministry of Justice has formed judicial systems in those townships. On April 30, the ministry held a virtual meeting with judges from the 17 townships to discuss the administering of justice.
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People's Police Force comprises civilian volunteers, police officers on strike and retirees
The People’s Police Force will be formed with striking police officers, those who retired before the coup and civilian volunteers.
The NUG recently said 2,937 striking police officers were working with its ministry, and hundreds more officers who have not joined the civil disobedience movement (CDM) but are assisting the NUG.
Among striking police officers cooperating with the NUG are two majors, 12 captains, 44 lieutenant and 82 second lieutenants, the civilian government claimed.
More than 6,000 police officers have joined the CDM since the coup, according to groups helping those on strike.
Police forces have been formed from striking officers in Kale Township in Sagaing Region and Gangaw District in Magwe Region since December 2021. They work in cooperation with the NUG. In Kayah State, the Karenni State Police has been formed independently of the NUG.
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People's Police Force members respect ethnic minorities' customs, traditions and bar discrimination, power abuse and acts against property damage and looting
Under the People’s Police Force Law, officers are required to follow the federal charter, human rights norms and respect the customs and traditions of ethnic minorities.
The law bars racial discrimination, torturing prisoners and criminals, abuse of power, and looting and damaging possessions.
The residence, known as 14 Inya and located at No. 14 Inya Road in an affluent neighborhood in Yangon, used to be a military guesthouse, commonly referred to as the “military intelligence guesthouse”, where military leaders received foreign diplomats and ethnic armed organization leaders.
In his heyday as the military spy chief in the 1990s, ex-general Khin Nyunt would celebrate Thingyan, the water festival that marks Myanmar’s New Year, at the guesthouse together with military leaders and artists.
But since becoming military chief in 2011, Min Aung Hlaing has made the guesthouse his own mansion.
NUG Planning, Finance and Investment Minister U Tin Tun Naing said he would later announce the date on which the mansion will be officially put on sale, and a list of agents worldwide who can be contacted about purchasing shares. The ministry said in its announcement that those interested can buy shares from their closest international agent.
The residence sits in a compound measuring 1.86 acres (0.75 hectares) and is worth US$30 million at market rates. However, the NUG will sell 100,000 shares for only $10 million, or one-third of the market value, according to the announcement.
To gauge potential interest in the sale, the ministry surveyed 18,000 individuals over six days. Of the respondents, 97 percent said they would buy shares in the mansion, offering a total amount of $17 million.
Around the end of April, the NUG announced its plan to sell the junta chief’s residence to raise funds for the revolution against his regime.
Reporter : Emily Craig, Daily Mail
Pet dogs are being probed as a potential cause of a mysterious hepatitis outbreak striking children across the world.
Health chiefs claim a "high" number of the sickened children, who are aged 10 and under, come from families which own dogs or have had 'dog exposures'.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), tasked with hunting down why dozens of children have developed the unusual type of liver disease, said the 'significance of this finding is being explored'.
Meanwhile, another 18 hepatitis cases were confirmed across the UK by 3 May 2022, bringing the total to 163. Of these children, 11 have received a liver transplant.
The World Health Organization said earlier this week that nearly 300 cases had been detected globally. One death has been confirmed while four are under investigation but none of these are in the UK.
Three-quarters of the UK's hepatitis patients have tested positive for adenoviruses — which normally cause the common cold and stomach bugs — and are thought to be the culprit, despite rarely causing liver inflammation.
UK scientists said an even higher rate of hepatitis patients may have adenovirus, as not all had been given the gold-standard test.
UK scientists said an "exceptionally large wave" of adenovirus infections could be causing the very rare hepatitis complication to appear more frequently.
However, a new adenovirus or coronavirus variant, long covid or a exposure to a drug or other environmental factor could be to blame, they said.
Dr Meera Chand, director of clinical and emerging infections at the UKHSA, said the link with adenovirus is being 'rigorously' assessed and warned parents to be on the lookout for hepatitis symptoms, while noting the likelihood of their child being affected is 'extremely low'.
In its weekly hepatitis briefing, the UKHSA said it trawled through questionnaire responses from hepatitis patients and found 70 per cent — 64 of 92 respondents — owned a dog or had been exposed to a dog.
The health chiefs noted that pet dog ownership is 'common in the UK' and the finding may be chance but it is investigating if it is of any significance.
Around half of UK adults own a pet, according to pet charity data, but there are are limited figures on pet ownership rates in families that include young children.
Dr Chand said: 'It's important that parents know the likelihood of their child developing hepatitis is extremely low.
'However, we continue to remind everyone to be alert to the signs of hepatitis – particularly jaundice, look for a yellow tinge in the whites of the eyes – and contact your doctor if you are concerned.
'Our investigations continue to suggest that there is an association with adenovirus and our studies are now testing this association rigorously.
'We are also investigating other contributors, including prior SARS-COV-2, and are working closely with the NHS and academic partners to understand the mechanism of liver injury in affected children.'
Health chiefs are hopeful that hepatitis cases have peaked, noting that there has been 'some apparent reduction in confirmed cases in the past two weeks'.
However, the downturn may be due to reporting lags, as Scotland is continuing to log cases and there are a 'substantial' number of suspected cases in England that are being investigated, the UKHSA said.
The report also revealed that adenovirus continues to be the most commonly detected virus amongst the youngsters with hepatitis.
Blood tests from 126 of the affected children in the UK showed 91 were carrying it (72 per cent).
And the UKHSA noted that some who tested negative only had throat and faecal tests rather than the gold-standard blood test.
'It is therefore not possible to definitively rule out adenovirus in these cases,' the agency said.
Adenovirus rarely causes liver inflammation but health chiefs said lockdowns may have weakened children's immunity to normally benign viruses.
They also said an 'exceptionally large wave of normal adenovirus infections' may have caused a rare symptom to appear more frequently.
Alternatively, hepatitis could occur among children if they are infected with both adenovirus and covid, scientists said.
Investigations are also looking at whether a mutated adenovirus or covid virus are involved or whether it is an Omicron-specific long covid symptom.
The UK update comes after the WHO this week said nearly 300 probable cases of hepatitis have been spotted in 20 countries.
Most of the cases have been detected in the UK (163) and U.S. (27), which have some of the strongest surveillance systems.
The liver inflammation condition has also been spotted in Spain (22), Israel (12), Italy (9) and Denmark (6).
Cases of child hepatitis have lately spread to Japan (now 3 cases), Singapore (1 case) and to as far as Palestine (1 case) and the Maldives (1 case).
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Japan, Britain sign historic defense agreement to jointly fight against authoritarian regimes
Reporter : Luo Tingting / Editor: Wen Hui / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/05/06/a103419225.html / Image : On 5 May 2022, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (left) held talks with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
Japan and the UK recently reached a historic defense agreement in which the militaries of the two countries will "cooperate more closely" to fight against authoritarian regimes. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has warned that the invasion of Ukraine could be repeated in East Asia and that stability in the Taiwan Strait must be maintained.
On 5 May 2022, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who was visiting the United Kingdom, announced a defense agreement during talks with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
"There's a direct reading of everything from the actions of authoritarian and coercive powers in Europe to what's possible in East Asia," Johnson said. "That's why we need to work more closely together."
After the meeting, the Prime Minister's Office said the two prime ministers agreed that "democracies around the world should be united against authoritarian regimes."
Fumio Kishida warned at a news conference that similar wars could recur in the Asia-Pacific region if democracies fail to unite against Russia's aggression in Ukraine.
"Today's Ukraine may be tomorrow's East Asia." Fumio Kishida said that peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait must be maintained. "This is not only critical to Japan's security, but also to the stability of the international community."
He said that cooperation between countries that share universal values is becoming more and more important. "We must cooperate with our allies and like-minded countries and will not tolerate the use of force in the Indo-Pacific region, especially East Asia, to change the status quo. unilateral attempt".
The UK is the first European country to enter into a Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) with Japan.
Agence France-Presse stated that the United Kingdom and Japan emphasized that the Indo-Pacific and European security are inseparable, and the two countries will continue to jointly develop advanced defense technologies such as new fighter engines.
In December 2021, the two sides signed a memorandum of cooperation to jointly develop advanced technologies such as new fighter engines, radio detection and anti-surveillance for the UK's Future Air Combat System (FCAS). Fumio Kishida visited the UK this time, and both sides expressed satisfaction with the cooperation.
In 2020, the United Kingdom announced an "Indo-Pacific tilt" foreign policy and considered Japan as its main East Asian ally.
Japan, on the other hand, has stepped up joint military exercises with allies such as the United States, Australia, India, France, the United Kingdom and Germany in recent years, out of concern about the Chinese Communist Party’s authoritarianism.
Japan's cabinet last year approved the largest defense budget in history. Earlier this year, Japan signed a historic defense reciprocal access agreement with Australia, while strengthening diplomacy with Pacific island nations.
On 21 April, Japan and New Zealand held a summit in Tokyo, and the two sides will strengthen security cooperation including intelligence sharing.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said at a press conference in London, England, that he will invite U.S. President Biden to visit Tokyo in the near future to enhance the Japan-U.S. alliance. He will also actively promote the four-party talks between Japan, the United States, Australia and India, as well as talk with leaders of ASEAN countries, to achieve a free and open Indo-Pacific.s
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South Korea's entry into the NATO network center, Hu Xijin's tweets sparked anger among South Koreans
Image : As of 17 March, after Yoon Suk-yeol was elected, he had a total of five foreign heads of state on the phone. Except for the British Prime Minister, the remaining four were members of the "Quartet Security Dialogue". The picture shows Yoon's first press conference in the lecture hall of the National Assembly Library in Seoul on 10 March 2022. (Song Kyung-Seok/AFP)
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South Korea joins NATO Cyber Defense Center
South Korea's National Intelligence Service announced on May 5 that it officially joined NATO's "Cooperative Cyber Defense Center" (CCDCOE), becoming the organization's first Asian member. In this regard, the full membership of the institution has increased to 32, including 5 non-members.
According to Yonhap News Agency, the head of cybersecurity at the National Intelligence Service attended the membership ceremony at the headquarters of the NATO Cyber Defense Center in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia.
Previously, Japan cooperated with NATO members to conduct cyber defense exercises from 19 to 22 April. South Korea is one step ahead of Japan. Analysts believe that South Korea's "connection" with NATO may become closer in the future.
It is reported that the NATO Cyber Defense Center is the world's "most authoritative" cyber security agency, established in May 2008. The South Korean National Intelligence Service submitted a letter of intent to join in 2019, and from 2020, it will participate in the world's largest cyber exercise "Lock Shield" sponsored by the center.
The "Korea Ilbo" said that the NATO Cyber Defense Center's name is "defense" but the actual cyber attack and defense drills are of the highest level in the field of cyber security such as strategy and policy research.
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Hu Xijin's tweet set off a storm of public opinion in South Korea
On 5 May, Hu Xijin, the former editor-in-chief of the Communist Party's official media Global Times, tweeted in English, "If South Korea becomes an enemy of its neighbors, it will suffer the fate of Ukraine."
Overseas Radio Free Asia reported that the tweet caused a storm of public opinion in South Korea, and major media rushed to report it. Professor Park Byung-joo, an expert on South Korea-China relations, said, "This man's remarks are very unreasonable and seriously violate China's Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence. Russia is an aggressor country. If CCP China is like Russia, it will be a very dangerous thing."
Professor Xu Jingde of Sungshin Women's University tweeted, "Hu Xijin, you are just a manipulative trumpeter, don't understand world trends, you are still making these rubbish remarks. Hu Xijin is careful what you say, every time you say it. Words are pulling down the level of the Chinese people."
Many Korean netizens also commented on the Internet, "If China (CCP) continues like this, it will be the second Russia"; "It is inappropriate for the Chinese (CCP) government to come forward and say such things, so it instructed the media to come out and say it"; "This is the reeason why China cannot be on the rise" and so on.
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Wang Qishan attends Yoon Suk-yeol's inauguration ceremony
At this time, South Korea will hold the inauguration ceremony for the new president, Yoon Seok-yeol, who is regarded as a "conservative" who is pro-American and Japanese.
On 6 May , Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said that at the invitation of the South Korean government, President Xi Jinping's special representative and vice president Wang Qishan will lead a delegation to South Korea to attend the inauguration ceremony of President Yoon Suk-yeol in Seoul on 10 May 2022.
Yonhap News Agency said that the CCP usually sends officials at the level of vice-premier to attend. At present, Liu Xiaoming, the special representative of the Chinese Communist Party on the Korean Peninsula, is visiting South Korea from May 3 to 7, which is regarded by South Korean analysts as a wake-up call to the Yoon government.
Yang Zili, a current political commentator based in the United States, told Radio Free Asia overseas, "Hu Xijin's utterance of such a voice actually means that the CCP is threatening South Korea." He believes that "Hu Xijin speaks according to Xi Jinping's taste. He said so, which shows that the CCP is firmly on the side of Russia."
"Western countries support Ukraine so fully, they have transformed the struggle between Russia and Ukraine into a struggle between the democratic world and the dictatorial world. But the CCP is on the side of Russia, and their longest saying is 'Russia is down, the next is China (CCP)' and that's what worries them the most."
Yang Zili believes, "Any diplomat who goes to another country can't threaten others outright, and he always has to talk about some economic and trade exchanges, because South Korea and China are closely related to each other's economy. Hu Xijin is the master of martial arts. A pull, prompting South Korea to remain as neutral as possible."
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Hu Xijin intimidates Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, and the West moves to contain the CCP
In fact, it is not the first time that Hu Xijin has reacted violently to South Korea's approach to NATO.
On 6 April 2022, the NATO Foreign Ministers' Meeting was held in Brussels, Belgium. For the first time, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand were arranged to attend the meeting.
Hu Xijin posted on Weibo on the 12th, calling on Japan and South Korea not to be "complacent", saying that the United States is looking for targets around China to create an "Asia-Pacific version of Ukraine".
The CCP is considered the greatest threat to the free world. Western society has continuously launched actions to contain the CCP.
On 27 April, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Axial Act, naming and keeping an eye on the leaders of the CCP; the British Foreign Secretary delivered a speech on the same day, advocating "NATO globalization"; British and American high-level officials had secretly negotiated contingency plans to prevent conflicts in the Taiwan Strait. Today, Britain and Japan reached a historic defense agreement to prevent a possible repeat of the "Russia-Ukraine war" in East Asia.
In addition, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Australia and other "Asia-Pacific 4 partners" were also invited to participate in the NATO summit held in Madrid in late June. U.S. President Joe Biden will attend the summit in person.
On the 28th, the United States also signed the "Future Internet Declaration" with partners from 60 countries around the world, promising to promote an open, free, global, interoperable, reliable and secure Internet, and respond to CCP China, Russia and other countries using the Internet to deepen totalitarianism.
Current affairs commentator Sump said, "NATO's westward expansion has two meanings, outflanking Russia and deterring the CCP. At the same time, it also opens up the security of NATO (NATO) and the United States and Japan, as well as AUKUS between the United States, Britain and Australia, and the G7, Indo-Pacific NATO, QUAD, etc., small economic NATO connections.”
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Blinken's speech to China is the first to see the CCP as the main threat to the United States
Image : U.S. Secretary of State Blinken speaks in Washington, 21 March 2022. (Kevin Lamarque/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Since the Biden-Harris administration took office a year and a half ago, it is about to expound for the first time the US government's China strategy, that is, the biggest threat to the United States is still the CCP, not Russia.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken was scheduled to speak at the University of Washington, Georgia on Thursday (5 May), but was temporarily informed that he had tested positive for covid. So he has to choose another time.
The American media has already revealed the background and content of some of the Biden-Harris administration's China strategy in advance.
The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that while Russia's invasion of Ukraine is in the spotlight, the Biden administration is preparing to update in a speech that the U.S. still sees CCP China — not Russia — as its biggest geopolitical rival.
Foreign policy experts say the Ukraine crisis has distracted the U.S. government and its allies from focusing on relations with Beijing and sparked a debate about how to handle challenges from both Moscow and Beijing.
The Biden administration will launch a month-long engagement with Asia in May: a special US-ASEAN summit will be held in Washington next week; Biden will visit South Korea and Japan for the first time after taking office; will be held on the 24th including Japan, India and Australia First face-to-face meeting of Quartet leaders, including
"At this time, Washington considers it very important to remind and clarify its China policy and to win the support of these countries," Wall Street Journal reported.
Image : File photo of former US State Department Assistant Secretary for East Asia Daniel Russel. (Xiao Tong / The Epoch Times)
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Speaker: The main challenger to the international order is China
Daniel Russel, former assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs in the Obama administration and now vice president of the Asia Society Policy Institute, said, "This suggestion is very meaningful.”
"This administration is now emphasizing that please be aware of the national security challenge from Russia, but on a larger scale, the main challenge to the U.S. and the international order that the U.S. is committed to (maintaining) comes from China," he added.
According to information on the website of the Asia Society Policy Institute, Blinken's scheduled speech to China was hosted by the think tank.
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The U.S. sees China and Russia as a battleground
In his speech to China, Blinken may emphasize the political alliance that the CCP formed with Russia when it invaded Ukraine, Wall Street Journal said. U.S. officials believe that this position runs counter to China's stated respect for national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Beijing denies any inconsistency in its position and accuses the United States of being the "main instigator" of the Russian aggression.
The CCP's relationship with Russia has led some politicians in the West to tie Beijing and Moscow together as a new "axis" but some European officials disagree with Washington on how much of a threat Beijing poses compared to Russia.
Matthew Goodman, senior vice president of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a Washington think tank, told Huari: "Blinken will likely use this speech to bring together two challenges posed by Russia and China as the link and underscore the risks that their combination poses to the existing global order.”
The Biden-Harris administration has set out to define the common threat posed by China and Russia. Shortly after Russia's full-scale attack on Ukraine in February, the U.S. National Security Council (NSC) Indo-Pacific coordinator, Kurt Campbell, said at a public event that the U.S. is capable of meeting the challenges posed by Beijing and Moscow, as much as the United States operated the same on "two battlefields" during World War II and the Cold War.
By April, Campbell changed that narrative. The Sino-Russian threat represents "a battleground," he told a Washington think tank.
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Biden does not seek to change the Chinese Communist Party system
"Wall Street Journal" said that in recent months, the Biden administration's China policy has slowly taken shape. A key component of this policy is restoring U.S. economic and security leadership in the Indo-Pacific.
The White House’s Indo-Pacific Strategy, released in February, said the United States seeks “not to change China, but to shape its strategic environment to create a world-wide environment that will best benefit the United States, our allies and partners. and the balance of influence of our shared interests and values.”
White House officials said the U.S. goal was not to change China's Communist Party-centered political system, but to "shape the environment around China."
Because the State Department will not publicly release the "China Strategy," Secretary Blinken's speech is not expected to be followed by specific actions.
A national security expert familiar with the content of the strategy who signed a non-disclosure agreement told Politico that Blinken's upcoming speech is in line with past public speeches and will emphasize democratic and authoritarian values.
"The Chinese strategy is basically 'Trump plus finesse,' plus partners and allies," he said.
He also revealed that the strategy "has been on Biden's desk since November (2021)."
Biden's strategic approach to China would significantly exclude the concept of "engagement" pursued by past administrations since President Richard Nixon's diplomatic engagement with Beijing in 1972, and instead become what Blinken calls "competition when it's time to compete." , cooperate when it is time to cooperate, and confront when it is time to confront”.
Biden outlined his overall vision in his first speech to Congress a year ago. "We are competing with China and other countries to win the 21st century," he said.
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The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework may hold the key to U.S. China Policy
Politico reported that the key to the U.S. government's China strategy is to build and strengthen alliances and partnerships in Asia and beyond to counter Beijing's efforts to undermine the "rules-based international order" through its growing diplomatic, economic and military influence. the behavior of. The challenge for the United States is to ensure that these countries buy into the strategy.
The "Indo-Pacific Economic Framework" released by the Biden-Harris administration in October 2021 indicates that the United States hopes to counter Beijing's regional economic sector in the Indo-Pacific region through trade, "supply chain resilience" and other measures.
Biden officials have been trying to get countries including India, Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore to join the "Indo-Pacific Economic Framework" to strengthen U.S. economic engagement with the region.
The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework has been slow to advance so far, in part because the region's partners are wary of hurting their trade ties with Beijing. In particular, some countries are concerned that including Taiwan could annoy China.
Some senior economic officials in the Biden-Harris administration have said recently that the requirement to include Taiwan in the pact would not be considered.
People close to the White House told Politico that the difficulty of building an economic framework reflects the challenges Washington faces in realizing its China policy buy-in, but there is internal debate in the White House over how tough the U.S. should be on CCP China with regards to trade and economic issues. Attitudes also differ.
Meanwhile, the Biden team is divided on whether to cut tariffs on imports from China to help reduce consumer costs and inflation.
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