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Live from NPR news in Washington.

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I'm Giles Snyder Treasury

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Secretary Janet Yellen is in China

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where she said today that she's

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made clear to Chinese officials On

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what the US considers unfair

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trade practices We spent more than

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two hours on this issue

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this morning And I

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think the Chinese realize how

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concerned we are about the

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implications of

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their industrial strategy Yellen

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says Beijing has an unfair advantage

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in mass production and could flood

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markets with cheaper products Including electric

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vehicles and solar panels. She warned

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that the US and Europe may

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look to tariffs and other means

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to rein in China Yellen

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says the US and China have agreed

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to hold a dialogue on the issue

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She has more meetings with Chinese officials

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this weekend The death toll

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in Taiwan has risen to at least

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13 people following that

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7.4 magnitude earthquake that hit on Wednesday Rescue

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workers on the island still trying to

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rescue more than 440

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people who are trapped by debris from the quake NPR

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assembly Fang has more most of

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the people who remain trapped by landslides

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due to the quake were staying at

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an upscale hotel at Taroko National Park,

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which is in the middle of steep

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mountainous ravines Rescuers are

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also now bringing in heavy equipment to try

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to recover two bodies that were buried under

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boulders on a hiking trail in the Which

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is on the east coast of Taiwan close to the

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epicenter most of the people

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killed in the quake on Wednesday were trapped

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inside mountain tunnels or in hiking trails where

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they were hit by falling rocks and Aftershocks

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continue to hit the island with

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at least four above magnitude four rocking

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Taiwan on Saturday alone Emily

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Fang and Fair News, Taipei, Taiwan. The

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East Coast has been rattled by multiple

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aftershocks following yesterday's 4.8 magnitude

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earthquake. That quake was centered in New Jersey

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and seems to be one of the largest

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hit the region in a century. Virginia

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Democrats have been forcing Republican Governor Glenn

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Yunkin to take stances on abortion legislation.

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John Khalil of VPM News reports on

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Yunkin's veto of a set of bills

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that would have put shield laws in

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place. A number of states have already

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passed shield laws to protect those who

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perform abortions from statutes in place elsewhere.

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Virginia Democrats passed legislation that would have

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set up two different ways to shield

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those providers. One measure

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would have prevented extradition in cases related

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to reproductive care in other states. In

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a veto statement, Yunkin wrote that bill

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would have undermined America's extradition system. Another

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piece of legislation would have protected doctors

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from discipline following allegations of receiving or

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providing abortion care. Yunkin said

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that measure would have compromised the Virginia Board

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of Medicine, which regulates doctors. Yunkin

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still has to weigh in on the bill

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guaranteeing access to contraception and another measure

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related to access to menstrual health data. For

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NPR News, I'm Chad Khalil in Richmond.

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And you're listening to NPR News. Iowa

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star Caitlin Clark is giving credit to her

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team as a whole for turning around last

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night's Final Four game against UConn. The best

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thing about our group is, you

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know, we went to the locker room at halftime and I know

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it wasn't like, oh, come on, you got to make shots. It

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was, no, stop turning the ball over and you're going to be

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perfectly fine. We knew at some point our shots were going to

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go down. And, you know, we put up 45 points

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in the second half, 25 in the third quarter,

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came out in the fourth quarter and started really hot.

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Clark got off to a slow start. Yunkin

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held her to just six points in the

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first half. But Iowa came back to win

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the game 71 to 69 to

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advance to tomorrow afternoon's women's

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college basketball championship against South

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Carolina. The men's Final Four

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games are today. Connecticut plays

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Alabama and Purdue faces North

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Carolina. Carolina State. Pat

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Duggins of Alabama Public Radio reports that UConn

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hopes to claim its sixth national title. The

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University of Connecticut and Purdue appear to be

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the odds-on favorites in today's Final Four, but

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don't count the underdogs out. Crimson Tide head

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coach Nate Oates says other teams have challenged

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UConn and he plans to do just that.

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I want our guys playing loose and free,

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but I want them thinking we got a

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chance to win. I mean, if you guys

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know me, I'm not going to this game just happy

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to be here. This is Alabama's first time playing in

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the Final Four. UConn is the defending

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champ. North Carolina State last made the

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Final Four in 1983. It was 44

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years ago when Purdue got this far. For

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NPR News, I'm Pat Duggins in Tuscaloosa.

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