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Today’s Podcast Features are: 

-Shawn Donnan, Bloomberg News Senior Economics Writer, discusses President Donald Trump floating an 80% tariff on China ahead of negotiations due to begin Saturday as he urged Beijing to do more to open their markets to US goods.

-Josh Pantony, Co-founder and CEO of Boosted.AI, discusses AI spending, arms race, and how investors are using AI. Recent earnings reports from the largest companies in the world -- Meta, Microsoft and Amazon -- underscore that spending on AI continues to grow exponentially.

-Henrietta Treyz, Managing Partner and Director of Economic Policy at Veda Partners, discusses U.S-China talks and President Trump’s tax plan. Veda Partners' forecast says there is growing optimism, particularly as business leaders at the Milken conference posited that 50-60% tariff rate reductions could come soon, and that this week's first meeting between the US and China will lead to a sharp reduction in tariffs in the very near term, perhaps immediately. 

-Mandeep Singh, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Tech Industry Analyst, discusses US prosecutors and regulators investigating a $32 million deal between CrowdStrike and Carahsoft Technology. They are probing what senior company executives may have known about it and are examining other transactions made by the cybersecurity firm, according to two people familiar with the matter.

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