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"I never thought for one minute that the routines and structure that I have in my life would be something people would be interested in," said Carys, from Swansea.

Better than any virtual character a crack visual effects team could conjure, the long-faced gentle giant of a dog that gives “The Friend” its abiding soulfulness — a black-splotched Great Dane with the drooping eyes of a silent-era clown, credited as Bing — is also, it turns out, among the best co-stars a superlative onscreen sufferer like Naomi Watts could have in her long, storied career.

“So whatever time I have in L.A., I like to make the most of it,” he told The Times in a recent interview.

What the post does not acknowledge is that a substantial portion of the advantage other nations have in trade is tied to lower operating costs, particularly the lower wages and benefits that their workers earn, which are unrelated to tariffs.

"Maybe it works in China where they don't have the same kind of store density we have in the US, where it's better for consumers to go and try something on rather than watch a host try on a piece of clothing," she adds.