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America and China return to fierce trade conflict

ONE OF THE year’s surprises has been how few countries chose to retaliate against Donald Trump’s tariffs with levies of their own. Better, most surmised, to placate the president than risk a costly confrontation. China has been an exception. It matched Mr Trump’s threats tit-for-tat until the two sides struck a last-minute truce in the spring.

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