While the US president declared last week’s summit meeting with Xi Jinping a success, his “fantastic” deals changed nothing structural or material in their hostile trade relationship.

Trump and Xi agreed on a new Board of Trade framework at their summit, targeting $30-40B in tariff reductions while excluding advanced chips from the deal.

While the US president declared last week’s summit meeting with Xi Jinping a success, his “fantastic” deals changed nothing structural or material in their hostile trade…