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The US and China are in more than a trade war

18 May 2025

3:30 PM

18 May 2025

3:30 PM

Headlines on the current discord between the United States and China speak only of ‘trade war’. Negotiations in Geneva have led to a 90 day ‘truce’. If only the war were that limited. If only agreement on solving trade hostilities would return things to normal. But what is normal?

Sadly, trade is just one aspect of a much broader war, in which neither side is contemplating a truce.

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