America’s gripes with China make a deal hard to imagine
At the heart of the disagreement is China’s industrial policy
AFTER weeks spent threatening tariffs on an ever-greater share of Chinese imports, President Donald Trump seems to be in a more conciliatory mood. On April 10th a speech by the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, prompted him to tweet a prediction: “We will make great progress together!”
This article appeared in the Finance & economics section of the print edition under the headline “Drawing the battle lines”
Finance & economics April 14th 2018
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