① China has announced a slew of measures to counter US tariffs, including additional tariffs of 10% or 15% on some US products, export controls on key minerals and an anti-monopoly investigation into Google. We explore the logic of these countermeasures. (00:50)

② European Union leaders have agreed to do more to bolster their defenses by hiking spending and filling gaps in their military capabilities. What is prompting European countries to do so? (14:56)

③ Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari is on a five-day state visit to China. We take a look at two issues that top his agenda: economic cooperation and counterterrorism. (24:56)

④ Eurozone unexpectedly stagnates as German and French economies contract. (34:01)

⑤ What’s at stake when US President Donald Trump wants to create a sovereign wealth fund? (44:36)