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            <title><![CDATA[Wall Street Banks Are Battling for Japan’s Top Young Talent]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[On today’s Big Take Asia podcast: Global firms are slugging it out to hire bankers in Japan as inflation returns and trading surges.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Yang Yang]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2025 21:06:13 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Announces Sweeping New Tariffs. What’s Next]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Today on the Big Take podcast: Trump imposed the steepest US tariffs in more than a century, stepping up his campaign to reshape global trade.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[David Gura]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2025 08:31:28 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US-China Rivalry in the Trump Era: A Discussion]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[On today’s Big Take Asia podcast, a panel of Bloomberg experts examines what an intensifying US-China rivalry means for Asia and beyond.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-21/what-does-trump-want-understanding-a-new-type-of-us-china-rivalry-podcast</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[K Oanh Ha]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2025 08:58:13 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan Can’t Produce Enough Matcha Tea as Global Popularity Booms]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[On today’s Big Take Asia podcast, what’s driving the global matcha boom? And why can’t makers in Japan just…make more of it?]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-19/japan-matcha-shortage-tiktok-craze-tourism-boom-drive-demand</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[K Oanh Ha]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2025 07:24:14 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[China’s Growing Presence in the Indian Ocean Is Alarming Rivals]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[On today’s Big Take Asia podcast: How Mauritius and its island neighbors became caught in a great-power chess match for more than a decade.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-12/china-india-and-us-are-fighting-for-influence-in-the-indian-ocean-podcast</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[K Oanh Ha]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2025 05:59:04 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The 46th fleet of the Chinese People&apos;s Liberation Army Navy during an counter-terrorism and anti-piracy exercise in Jan. 2025. </media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Xi’s Big Challenge Is Getting People to Spend, Spend, Spend]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[On today’s Big Take Asia podcast: How is China planning to achieve its 5% GDP growth target in 2025? And will Trump’s tariffs get in the way?]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-07/china-confronts-economic-woes-trump-tariffs-podcast</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[K Oanh Ha]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2025 06:45:38 GMT</pubDate>
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