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How China Was Ready for This Trade Fight With the US

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I’m Malcolm Scott, international economics editor in Sydney. Today, Tom Orlik looks at China’s long preparation for its trade fight with the US. Send us feedback and tips to ecodaily@bloomberg.net. And if you aren’t yet signed up to receive this newsletter, you can do so here.

President Donald Trump this week extended a pause of higher tariffs on Chinese goods for another 90 days into early November, extending a truce in a trade war that China has spent decades preparing for.