Listen to the news and fill in the missing words. You need to fill in only one word for each blank. Business this week Print edition | The world this week May 16th 2019 China said it would increase tariffs on a range of American goods. This was in retaliation for Donald Trump’s decision to raise ___1___ on $200bn-worth of Chinese __2____ following the breakdown of talks that had tried to end the two countries’ stand-off over trade . In addition, American officials said they were seeking to extend __3____ to all remaining Chinese imports to the United States. Both sides are holding off on imposing their punishing ___4___ for a few weeks, giving ___5___ more time to try to end the impasse. Even if there is a deal, it is unlikely to reduce ___6___ between the two powers over trade, and other matters. The ___7___ of technology is another contentious issue for China and America. A few days after the collapse of the trade talks, Mr Trump and the Commerce Department signed orders __8____ Huawei , a Chinese tech giant, __9____ involvement with American mobile networks and suppliers. America has pressed its allies to shun the firm, __10____ security worries, but has had only ___11___ success. The Chinese economy may be ___12___ more than had been thought, according to new data. China’s ___13___ sales grew at their slowest rate in 16 years in April. ___14___ production expanded by 5.4%, the slowest rate in a decade. Germany’s economy grew by 0.4% in the first three months of the year ___15___ with the previous quarter. That brought some relief for the government following a six-month period when the country almost slipped into ___16___. Officials warned that global trade rows could still __17____ the economy off course. In Britain , GDP rose by 0.5% in the first quarter, helped by businesses stockpiling __18____ ahead of the now-missed Brexit deadline of March 29th. Bayer lost a third court case in America brought by plaintiffs claiming that a weedkiller made by Monsanto, which Bayer took ___19__ last year, caused their cancer. This time the jury ordered the German conglomerate to pay $2bn in __20____ to an elderly couple, a sum far greater than that awarded to the plaintiffs in two previous trials. Bayer’s share price __21___. Officials in San Francisco voted to make it the first American city to __22__ the use of facial - recognition software by the local government. Legislators worry that the technology, which is spreading rapidly, is unreliable and open to abuse. What’s up? WhatsApp , a popular encrypted-messaging app owned by Facebook, reported a security __23___ that allows hackers to install surveillance software on smartphones by placing calls in the app. It was reported that a team of Israeli hackers-for-hire had used the vulnerability to inject spyware onto phones belonging to human-rights __24____ and lawyers. America’s Supreme Court gave the go-ahead for iPhone users to __25____ Apple . The case __26____ on whether Apple’s App Store, which takes a 30% cut of all sales, constitutes an unfair ___27___. Unlike Android-based rivals, Apple’s phones are designed to __28____ users from installing apps from other sources. Thyssenkrupp and Tata Steel abandoned a plan to __29____ their European steel assets because of stiff resistance from the EU’s antitrust regulator. Pushed by activist investors demanding reform at Thyssenkrupp, the ___30___ had been announced in September 2017. The German company will now spin off its lifts division, its most profitable business. British Steel told the British government that it needs more state __31____ because of “uncertainties around Brexit”. That is in addition to the £100m ($130m) ___32___ from the government the company had recently secured to pay its EU carbon ___33___. A no-deal Brexit would hit British Steel hard, subjecting it to 20% tariffs under WTO rules. Global investment in renewables has stalled, according to the International Energy Agency, taking the world further away from meeting the goals of the Paris agreement on climate change. This is aggravated by the continued __34____ of spending on coal-fired power plants, especially in Asia. Investment in coalmining __35____ by 2.6% in 2018. By contrast, growth in new renewable installations was __36____ for the first time since 2001. Taken for a ride The most eagerly awaited stockmarket flotation in years turned out to be a damp squib. Uber ___37___ its IPO at $45 a share, the low end of the offer’s price range, which did little to entice investors. The stock __38____ 8% down on the first day of trading, ___39___ the company at $70bn, well below most expectations. Optimists pointed to the experience of Facebook, which, despite a poor IPO and share price that sagged for months, eventually became one of the world’s most valuable companies. Pessimists said Uber’s ride-hailing business will struggle to make __40____ profits.