⁍ The United States broke its daily record for new coronavirus infections on Friday.
⁍ North Korea has warned its citizens to stay indoors.
⁍ AstraZeneca said its coronavirus vaccine deal with Oxford University will allow it to add up to 20% of manufacturing costs.
– President Trump’s tariff war with China appears to be working, at least for now. China’s official Xinhua news agency says the tariff on $200 billion in goods that went into effect Oct. 1 has been cut to $150 billion, which the Wall Street Journal reports is the lowest it’s been in more than a decade. The move is in response to the Trump administration’s decision to slap a tariff of 25% on $200 billion in goods from China, the first time that’s happened since the mid-2000s. Reuters reports that the tariff cut was announced as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Beijing on Friday to try to ease tensions between the world’s two biggest economies. (China has accused the US of infringing on its intellectual property.)
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