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Coming up：

--Trump agrees to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un by May

--China says it firmly opposes U.S. tariffs¹ on steel and aluminum²

--Duterte is set to skip ASEAN-Australia summit in Sydney

For more on this, CRI's Suyi joined on the line by Da Wei, assistant president, university of international relations；Zhao Yang earlier talked with Dr. Jean Marc F. Blanchard, Executive director, Mr.&Mrs.S.h.Wong center for the study of multinational³ corporations, as well as Sara Hsu, associate professor of State University of New York at New Paltz；Zha wen, associate professor at institute of international relations, China Foreign affairs University；YUAN Youwei,Deputy director general of exchange department,China Center for International Economic Exchanges.

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1 tariffs   

关税制度； 关税( tariff的名词复数 )； 关税表； （旅馆或饭店等的）收费表； 量刑标准

参考例句：

• British industry was sheltered from foreign competition by protective tariffs. 保护性关税使英国工业免受国际竞争影响。
• The new tariffs have put a stranglehold on trade. 新的关税制对开展贸易极为不利。

2 aluminum   

n.(aluminium)铝

参考例句：

• The aluminum sheets cannot be too much thicker than 0.04 inches.铝板厚度不能超过0.04英寸。
• During the launch phase,it would ride in a protective aluminum shell.在发射阶段，它盛在一只保护的铝壳里。

3 multinational   

adj.多国的，多种国籍的；n.多国籍公司，跨国公司

参考例句：

• The firm was taken over by a multinational consulting firm.这家公司被一个跨国咨询公司收购。
• He analyzed the relationship between multinational corporations and under-developed countries.他分析了跨国公司和不发达国家之间的关系。