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Brussels eyes replicating its hybrid deal across industries while Beijing seeks room to maneuver as tensions with Washington mount
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Pairing cheap APKWS rockets with SkyHunter missiles could blunt drone swarms, as Russia does by mixing interceptors on its Pantsir
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That competition is likely to leave Trump the loser in his effort to meet the North Korean leader later this year
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Deng Xiaoping famously said any cat will do if it catches mice but Beijing no longer sees a cat worth copying in the US


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