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As the ink on US President Donald Trump’s signature “One Big Beautiful Bill” barely dried, he turned his focus back to tariffs, ending a three-month lull in global trade tensions.
2. China’s exports accelerate in June as US trade truce creates opening
China’s exports recorded a larger-than-expected acceleration in June, as exporters took advantage of a 90-day tariff truce with the United States to speed up their shipments.
3. ‘Trump got China wrong’: 2 US-China experts on Washington’s missteps
The White House “should really find some people who understand the Chinese economy and politics”, political science expert Li Cheng suggests.