Xi in Macau; Debt; Surveillance; Tech and financial "wars"; Political football
There is still a lot more speculation than details about the phase one US-China trade deal. As I wrote Monday, I think the Chinese did concede more than the US because Xi wants to try to put a floor, however temporary and narrow it may be, under the rapidly descending trajectory of US-China relations.
However, I do not believe the deal will do much if …