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Analysts described the move as “economic brinkmanship,” noting that China could retaliate by targeting U.S. exports or restricting access to key materials even further.

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However, the Geneva-based dispute resolution body expects exports and imports of goods to grow at a slower pace in 2026 as the tariff rises implemented by the U.S. and in retaliating countries take full effect.

Holz: The industry might retaliate in a more proactive way with a different presidential figure, but no political party seems pro the drug industry.

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Israel remains implacably opposed and has threatened to retaliate through formal annexation of parts or all of the West Bank.

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On Friday, a United Nations report warned of the "increasing ethnicisation of the conflict," saying both sides were retaliating against people accused of collaborating with opposing parties.

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