China’s President Xi Jinping (right) shakes hands with US President Donald Trump before a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Osaka on June 29, 2019. Photo: AFP China’s President Xi Jinping (right) shakes hands with US President Donald Trump before a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Osaka on June 29, 2019. Photo: AFP
China’s President Xi Jinping (right) shakes hands with US President Donald Trump before a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Osaka on June 29, 2019. Photo: AFP
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US-China trade war could reignite any time as ceasefire is a calm in the middle of a storm, say economists, strategists

  • Despite G20 truce, resolution of trade tensions could be ‘painful’ for both the US and China
  • Trade war is ‘far from over’, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Topic |   US-China trade war
Chad BrayRyan Swift
Chad Bray and Ryan Swift

Updated: 10:40am, 3 Jul, 2019

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China’s President Xi Jinping (right) shakes hands with US President Donald Trump before a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Osaka on June 29, 2019. Photo: AFP China’s President Xi Jinping (right) shakes hands with US President Donald Trump before a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Osaka on June 29, 2019. Photo: AFP
China’s President Xi Jinping (right) shakes hands with US President Donald Trump before a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Osaka on June 29, 2019. Photo: AFP
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