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The World in Brief from The Economist
A disastrous result for Germany’s chancellor; America’s talks with China, and more
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Exit polls in Germany’s regional election suggest the ruling Christian Democrat Union won just 5% of the vote in the north-east state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern; Scott Bessent, America’s treasury secretary, began talks with He Lifeng, China’s economic tsar, ahead of a meeting between the countries’ leaders in Washington this week.
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