Trump-Xi summit might have ended with tariffs truce but major questions remain

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While businesses and markets welcomed the relief in trade tensions, analysts say it is not a structural reset but rather a tactical truce, even as root causes of the tensions remain, Shweta Sharma reports

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Donald Trump hailed Xi Jinping as a “great leader” after an “amazing” meeting in which the pair agreed to extend a tariffs truce and roll back some export controls, marking a pause in one of the most consequential trade wars between two of the world’s largest economies.