Jonathan Fenby

The agreement doesn’t mark the end of the trade war. It is, at best, a truce

They are reduced to putting their hopes on the president’s desire to come out with a deal

Beijing will seek friends in defence of globalisation and the other mantras Xi likes to unroll

Given the mutual bluster, threats and sabre-rattling we got used to from Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un, it may be hard to credit the air of sweet reasonableness that has spread over the Korean peninsula in recent weeks leading to the weekend announcement of an end to weapons testing by the North. The potential for … Read more