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Nov 16, 2018

In U.S.-China trade war, some countries being told to pick a side

As trade tensions continue to brew between the U.S. and China, southeast Asian countries who attended the ASEAN conference in Singapore this week might be forced to pick a side. The FDA has proposed a ban on menthol cigarettes, but what does that mean for the Black community, whom tobacco companies for years targeted with the mint-flavored smokes? And how “peace engineering” is marrying technology and ethics. Today’s show is sponsored by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation.

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As trade tensions continue to brew between the U.S. and China, southeast Asian countries who attended the ASEAN conference in Singapore this week might be forced to pick a side. The FDA has proposed a ban on menthol cigarettes, but what does that mean for the Black community, whom tobacco companies for years targeted with the mint-flavored smokes? And how “peace engineering” is marrying technology and ethics.

Today’s show is sponsored by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation.

In U.S.-China trade war, some countries being told to pick a side