China blinked -- and Trump clearly won the first round of his tariff...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

82% : And earlier this week, President Trump achieved a very clear win.
43% : Trump should demand no less.
35% : They also know that, this time around, Trump is starting early -- still has plenty of time to act if they renege on the deal.
33% : With foreign investment pouring into the US, job growth strong and inflation low and falling, Trump was under little domestic pressure to back off of Beijing, skittish global markets notwithstanding.
26% : But instead of giving China a knockout punch, Trump decided to hit the pause button.
22% : In the end, Trump decided not to use America's vast leverage to push China into collapse, with all of the unpredictable consequences that might ensue for the Chinese people and the world.
18% : Trump has learned three things from the current slugfest with Xi Jinping.
16% : China's negotiators in Switzerland admitted that they did not honor their original trade agreement with Trump, signed in January 2020, because Biden was weak.

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