A Trade Truce with China?; The Art of Getting Caught
President Trump is in Japan, the second stop on his Asia tour, meeting with Emperor Naruhito and newly elected Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, the country’s first female leader. But all eyes are on what’s next: Trump’s upcoming sit-down with China’s Xi Jinping. The high-stakes meeting is aimed at cooling the trade war that’s been boiling between Washington and Beijing. Ahead of it, U.S. officials say they’ve agreed on a framework deal to roll back Trump’s threatened 100 percent tariffs on Chinese imports. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Meet the Press it could mark the first real thaw in…
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