Trump Sets Collision Course With Xi as Tariff War Peaks

Donald Trump at the National Republican Congressional Committee's president's dinner on April 8.

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Whether or not Donald Trump’s step back from the brink on tariffs was all part of the plan, it’s left China out on a limb.