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Hopes for a Xi-Trump summit are naively misplaced

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping’s surprise phone call—marking the first direct communication between the leaders in months—may signal a temporary thaw in an otherwise frosty and structurally adversarial relationship.  While America’s restoration of Chinese student visas and China’s resumption of blocked critical mineral trade suggest detente, this contact, like others in […]

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