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MNI POLITICAL RISK - Democrats Try To Revive Child Tax Credits

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  • US officials have talked up the positives of yesterday’s meeting between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese President Xi Jinping, despite a lack of progress in defence.
  • Senate Democrats have launched a “longshot” plan to revive pandemic-era child tax benefits which may become part of a deal with Republicans to ease the passage of their business-friendly tax policy.
  • President Biden will meet business leaders and experts in artificial intelligence today as the administration struggles to alight on a strategy for regulating the technology.
  • Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive in Washington this week ahead a White House State Visit which is expected to deliver a raft of arms deals and defence contracts designed to entice Delhi out of Moscow’s orbit and position India as a counterweight to China in the Indo-Pacific.
  • Former President Donald Trump offered a preview of his defence in his Department of Justice prosecution yesterday in a wide-ranging interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier.
  • Poll of the Day: Biden's messaging on the economy is failing to resonate with voters.
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