{
  "id": 2216469,
  "title": "Beijing calls US tariff report ‘false narrative’ as named hub Mexico plans new China curbs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/beijing-calls-us-tariff-report-false-narrative-as-named-hub-mexico-2216469",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T20:01:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/us/article/3364735/beijing-calls-us-tariff-report-false-narrative-named-hub-mexico-plans-new-china-curbs"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "China rejected a White House report on Thursday that accused its exporters of routing goods through Mexico and other countries to avoid US tariffs, hours after word emerged that Mexico was preparing to restrict Chinese products further. He Yadong, a spokesman for China’s Ministry of Commerce, told a regular press briefing in Beijing that the report “ignored facts and distorted reality by treating…",
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        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "Beijing calls US tariff report ‘false narrative’ as named hub Mexico plans new China curbs",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/beijing-calls-us-tariff-report-false-narrative-as-named-hub-mexico",
        "published": "2026-08-20T20:01:48.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}