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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump spoke about foreign policy today, Marketplace's Kimberly Adams talks about how Trump's foreign policy might affect immigration and the economy; why credits cards that come with computer chips may not end credit-card hacks like we first thought they would; and an excerpt from our podcast "the Uncertain Hour."

Five days of economic news in five minutes with the Weekly Wrap; for decades U.S. companies have employed millions of low-wage Chinese workers to make products for Americans, but now that trend is reversing. Marketplace's Rob Schmitz reports on how Chinese companies setting up factories in South Carolina affects the local community; and the Obama administration is diverting $81 million from Ebola funding and other projects to help fight Zika, but is that enough?

Hillary Clinton gave more details on her fiscal policy proposals in an economic speech Thursday in Warren, Michigan; why central banks' efforts have failed and why some say what's needed now is fiscal stimulus; and some airports are looking into privatizing security.

Why U.S. jobs lost to China aren't coming back, but neither is the China that took them; a look at the unique trends in campaign swag during this year's election season; and how Silicon Valley's wealth has changed San Francisco's restaurant industry

How technological advances, not globalization, caused the job decline in the U.S. steel industry; Kai talks to Niki Okuk, founder and owner of RCO Tires recycling plant in Compton, California, about starting her business and the company's progressive hiring policies; and why sugar beet farmers in Minnesota are concerned about the backlash against GMOs

A closer look at Donald Trump's economic policy speech; an interview songwriter Marian Call about how she inadvertently created the #firstsevenjobs hashtag on Twitter; and why are automated phone systems are so bad? We find out in the latest installment of "I've Always Wondered..."

Today on the show we're looking at the all the Steves on Donald Trump's economic team, what the July jobs report means for wages, and when the Olympics used to make money. Plus, the return of our series "Summer Brought To You By."

On today's show we're answering the big questions: Why Wal-Mart would want to buy Jet, which cars are the most prone to hacking and how New York cleared daily fantasy sports. Then: Hillary Clinton has spent around $97 million more on TV ads than Donald Trump and super PACs supporting him. His campaign has the money, what gives? Finally, we look at the gamble Warner Bros. is taking on this weekend's "Suicide Squad" and take a superhero sound quiz.

Hackers stole $65 million from a bitcoin exchange in Hong Kong, causing a 20 percent drop in the currency's value, why a highly secure currency is still vulnerable to hackers; Marketplace's China Correspondent Rob Schmitz asks Chinese people in Shanghai what they think about the American presidential election this year and who they would vote for if they could; and how athletes and other non-sponsors are pushing back against strict Olympic committee rules on advertising.

The cost of casting a ballot this November can mean thousands of dollars for non-citizens; why Google is sending YouTube stars to livestream the Olympics; and Japan announced today a huge stimulus program that includes spending on infrastructure, an approach both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have both shown support for to accelerate economic growth, but is it worth it?