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What's worse than the US-China trade war? A grand peace bargain

  • Written by Giovanni Di Lieto, Senior Lecturer of international trade law, Monash Business School, Monash University
What's worse than the US-China trade war? A grand peace bargain

It’s hard to tell if Donald Trump’s trumpeting of “substantial progress” in trade talks, leading to a cosy weekend at Mar-a-Lago to sign a deal with Chinese president Xi Jingping, represents reality.

Most observers, though, will be relieved by his decision to again defer his threat to escalate the US-China trade war and hike...

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