Trump and Xi extend a trade truce that dodges real reform
Washington and Beijing agreed to lower tariffs on non-sensitive goods, dodging structural reform and proving that managed trade has learned nothing from the past.
By Tom Beckwith ·
us-china trade — Lorien Times
Washington meets a self-sufficient Beijing with fewer cards to play
As Xi Jinping visits Washington, China’s industrial self-sufficiency and supply-chain dominance leave American leverage diminished and old trade playbooks obsolete.
By Tom Beckwith ·
Trump and Xi stage Washington summit as tech race hardens
As Donald Trump hosts Xi Jinping in Washington, pageantry masks an unyielding competition where neither capital will risk economic rupture or surrender technological dominance.
By Tom Beckwith ·