How a little-used legal tool began the process of "strategic decoupling."
Illustration by Luis Grañena
On November 9, 2017, the American state car bearing President Trump, known as “the Beast,” rolled through Beijing into Tiananmen Square.
Xi Jinping and Donald Trump greet the crowd in Beijing, November 9, 2017. Credit: Trump White House Archived
It was the first official visit of his administration to China. In front of the Great Hall of the People, the red carpet had been literally rolled out for President Trump and the American delegation to which I, as the United States trade repres
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