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Trade war averted. China will offer the Trump administration two quick concessions on finance and beef in a 100-day plan that was probably one of the most concrete outcomes of last weeks meeting between Xi Jinping and Donald Trump. Larry Summers argues that the US must work to improve its economic relationship with China, which matters more than any short-term gains that truculent posturing might create.
Separately, the fallout from the US missile strike on Syria that upstaged the summit between the Mr Xi and Mr Trump is still being felt. Syrian refugees experienced fleeting hope and a hefty dose of doubt. Boris Johnson cancelled his trip to Moscow (and got called Americas poodle). And Rus…
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