A.M. Edition for May 9. Chinese exports to the U.S. plunged in April as the Trump administration’s tariff assault forced the world’s second-largest economy to redirect more of its goods to other markets. Plus, President Trump resurrects a proposed ‘millionaire tax’ despite opposition from congressional Republicans. And correspondent Sune Rasmussen explains how European authorities are struggling to respond to a new generation of young extremists being radicalized online. Luke Varg as hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What are the recent trends in Chinese exports?
And that's a huge challenge for European security agencies.
I've been speaking to Wall Street Journal foreign correspondent Suna Rasmussen. Suna, thank you so much for bringing us this story.
You're welcome, Luke.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is overseeing commemorations today to mark Russia's defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. As is tradition, troops will parade through Moscow's Red Square alongside tanks and missiles. But this year's Victory Day has one crucial difference.
We have heads of state of about 25 countries from Africa, Asia. There's an EU member, Robert Fizzo, of Slovakia. He was... threatened with countermeasures by the EU if he did show up, but he's there nonetheless.
Though the most important guest, according to journal correspondent Thomas Grove, is Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
The thing about Xi for Putin is that it really confers on Russia this idea that it's still a great power, which, to be fair, has slipped in recent years as Moscow has focused more narrowly on Ukraine. China is a big partner for Russia, both in terms of diplomatic support, in terms of dual-use technology that ends up on the front line. And Xi is also there for four days.
It's a very long visit, and it means a lot for Putin, obviously.
To coincide with commemorations, Russia had said that it planned to observe a three-day ceasefire in Ukraine. However, top Ukrainian officials have so far accused Russia of more than 700 violations of that unilateral pledge, calling it a farce. And finally, a remnant of Russia's Soviet spacefaring past is set to return to Earth tomorrow in potentially dramatic fashion.
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