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The Art of Trade War (Hint: China Wrote the Book)
How Xi Jinping could subdue the enemy without fighting.
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As the world's largest economies stumble toward an all-out trade war, President Donald Trump is tweeting in all-caps, but carrying a small stick.
After White House chief economic adviser Gary Cohn announced Tuesday he's resigning, the Trump administration is considering tariffs on a range of Chinese imports from shoes and clothing to consumer electronics, people familiar with the matter told Andrew Mayeda and Jennifer Jacobs of Bloomberg News. China "will take necessary measures" if its interests are harmed, Vice-Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui said Sunday.
