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June 19, 2018

U.S. and South Korea Cancel Joint Military Exercises, After Trump's Meeting with Kim
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The U.S. and South Korea have canceled joint military exercises on the
Korean Peninsula scheduled for August, a week after President Trump
vowed to end the United States' "provocative war games" during his
historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Kim Jong-un is
traveling to China to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, in his
third trip to China so far this year. Meanwhile, President Trump has
threatened to impose tariffs on an additional $200 billion-worth of
Chinese goods, escalating the threat of a trade war between the U.S. and
China and sending stock markets tumbling.


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