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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, April 13

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WASHINGTON -- More than 100 industry associations representing U.S. manufacturers, farmers, retailers, technology companies and other supply chain stakeholders have urged the U.S. Congress to play a strong role in mitigating the escalating trade frictions with China.

"The escalation of trade tensions with China could result in harm to all our member companies, member farms, their workers, and their consumers," these industry associations said in a letter to House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady and Ranking Member Richard Neal, released by the National Retail Federation on Thursday. (US-China-Trade)

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WASHINGTON -- The White House is considering re-entering the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a trade pact that President Donald Trump pulled the United States out last year.

"It is good news that today the President directed Larry Kudlow and Ambassador Lighthizer to negotiate U.S. entry into TPP," said Republican Senator Ben Sasse in a statement after a meeting with Trump on Thursday. (US-TPP)

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DAMASCUS -- The Syrian Foreign Ministry has reiterated on Thursday the Syrian government's willingness to cooperate with an investigation team into the chemical attack allegations, according to the state news agency.

The team of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has planned to start its investigation into allegations of chemical weapons' use in the capital Damascus' eastern Douma district. (Syria-Chemical Weapon)

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BERLIN -- German carmaker Volkswagen named new chief executive officer on Thursday evening after its supervisory board held an urgent meeting.

According to the company's statement, Volkswagen brand director Herbert Diess replaced Matthias Mueller and became the new CEO of the German automaker. (Germany-Volkswagen-CEO)

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TIKRIT, Iraq -- Ten mourners were killed and 14 wounded Thursday in bomb explosions while mourners were burying four people killed earlier in the day by Islamic State militants in Iraq's central province of Salahudin, a local official told Xinhua.

The incident took place in the afternoon when roadside bombs detonated near mourners who gathered at the cemetery of Sdeira al-Suflah, a village in east of the town of Shirqat, some 280 km north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, killing 10 of them and wounding 14 others, said Ali Dodah, the mayor of Shirqat. (Germany-Syria-Russia) Enditem

 

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