Cook Island’s Prime Minister Mark Brown is in China as a deal is being signed between the two country’s. 

Has China spoken about what the deal involves?

Asia Business Correspondent Peter Lewis discusses the deal, growing fears of a trade war between China and the US, and how Asia is responding to reciprocal tariffs imposed by Donald Trump. 

LISTEN ABOVE.

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Peter Lewis: Asia Business Correspondent on the Cook Islands - China deal, Trump's new tariffs and fears of a trade war between China and the US

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