This year's Nobel Peace Prize has been jointly awarded to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad, two champions of victims of sexual violence. Listen to analysis on what their win means, Apple and Amazon reject claims of a rogue Chinese chip, plus protestors in France call for action on climate change. 

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Ahead of its meetings this week in Bali, and In part due to the US-China trade war, the IMF has wound down for the global economy. Listen to an interview with Christine Lagarde, who says once again that tariffs spell bad news, but also rules must be updated to maintain pace with current challenges. Also, analysis on Nikki Haley's resignation as US Ambassador to the United Nations.

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193 member states came together in New York last week, but China and the United States carried the headlines on North Korea and Iran, and with their alternate takes on the future multilateralism. 

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The U.S. went many steps further in the ballooning trade war, by setting tariffs on a further $200bn worth of imports from China – and warning China not to retaliate. Beijing announced its own tariffs, which it explained as a “forced response”. Listen for more.

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The trade war looks set to enter a wider, mainstream conversation as Apple's new iPhone is reminder that consumer prices for its products could be in line for a hike of its own. China also serves notices that it could look elsewhere for its soybean supply or even modify its livestock feed, as Donald Trump indicates that the US will set more tariffs.

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China played host this week to leaders from 53 African nations at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). The event climaxed with a $60 billion pledge of aid, investment and loans from President Xi Jinping. But is it too good to be true, and is China creating a dynamic underpinned by debt and dominance? 

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Chen Dingding is professor of International Relations at Jinan University in China's Guangzhou, Non-Resident Fellow at the Global Public Policy Institute in Berlin, and Founder of the Intellisia Institute. He speaks to James Chau about how the exchange of trade tariffs is reshaping the China-US relationship. 
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Public hearings regarding trade tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods were doubled in length last week, when American business owners clambered for the chance to speak - and many of them are worried. Listen to what they said. Also, tracing the legacies of Aretha Franklin and Senator John McCain, plus a preview of my conversation this weekend with Prof. Chen Dingding.
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We live in a world, and at an uncertain time, when we require not just elected politicians, but state figures who exercise authentic and effective moral leadership. I remember Kofi Annan who died on Saturday, our interview in 2015, and a turbulent period of history he oversaw as UN Secretary-General from the 9/11 attacks to the emergence of SARS. Meanwhile, negotiators from the U.S. and China prepare to meet for a new round of talks as the trade war rumbles on. But before they identify ways forward, they first need to identify a common base they can agree to work-off, including one important question: how large (or small) is the trade deficit? Economist Lawrence Lau weigh-in with the numbers, as former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers and MIT President Rafael Reif offer their takes on what Washington must do fast and now to keep the U.S. ahead. 
At Large is a weekly global affairs podcast presented by James Chau, and brought to you by China-US Focus