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Xi Jinping
With Trump’s international agenda, scratch beneath the hilariously crazy surface and you find a more serious campaign to isolate China, China, China
As America settles its trade disagreements with the rest of the world, it is Xi Jinping who now most needs the tariff pause to continue
Given the dire problems facing China, it seems plausible that forces within the CCP have had enough
Trump and Xi Jinping must reach a broader trade agreement before the end of August
He was not ready to ride out the inevitable spike in inflation or the likely recession
The Chinese leader is having a better trade war than many expected so far
The reality is that the agreement that didn’t get signed last Friday is more a matter of symbolism than economics
When asked about the island during his campaign, Trump said he would not have to use force to prevent a blockade because Xi ‘respects me’
There is economic and geopolitical logic behind this call to arms, if not numbers
