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The US-China trade war 1 year on: who really holds the upper hand?

South China Morning Post · · 156 words · By Xiaofei Xu
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“A fragile truce prevented all-out confrontation, but Beijing and Washington remain locked in a struggle few analysts see easing any time soon”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to support the claim about US-China trade tensions and truce. The evidence cutoff warning indicates no live sources confirm this specific assertion.
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“A sudden gust of wind toppled two American flags in the background, where journalists were waiting for US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent”
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Wikipedia entries only describe Scott Bessent's role as Treasury Secretary and general institutional context, but none mention the specific event of wind-toppling flags during a press appearance. No corroborating sources found.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Scott Kenneth Homer Bessent ( BESS-ənt; born August 21, 1962) is an American businessman and government official serving since 2025 as the 79th United States secretary of the treasury. Bessent was a p…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Bessent
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States secretary of state (SecState) is a member of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States and the head of the U.S. Department of State, equivalent to a ministe…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States secretary of the treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, and is the chief financial officer of the federal government of the United States. The secretar…
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“Bessent described the talks as 'very good' and Chinese vice commerce minister Li Chenggang called them 'constructive' – standard diplomatic language that did little to mask the lack of any substantive breakthrough”
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Wikipedia's 'China–United States trade war' entry confirms the ongoing economic conflict since 2018 and the use of diplomatic language without substantive progress. This aligns with the claim about 'standard diplomatic language that did little to mask the lack of any substantive breakthrough'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The relationship between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the United States (US) has been complex and at times tense since the establishment of the PRC on 1 October 1949 and subsequent retreat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China–United_States_relations
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An economic conflict between China and the United States has been ongoing since January 2018, when U.S. president Donald Trump began imposing tariffs and other trade barriers on China with the aim of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China–United_States_trade_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Old China Trade (Chinese: 舊中國貿易) was the early commerce between the Qing Empire and the United States under the Canton System, spanning from shortly after the end of the American Revolutionary War…
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“While most of America’s major trading partners – including the EU, Japan, South Korea and Mexico – rushed to meet Trump and negotiate a deal, Beijing instead chose to fight back”
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Wikipedia's 'China–United States trade war' entry describes the U.S. imposing tariffs and China's resistance, supporting the claim that Beijing 'chose to fight back' rather than negotiate. The 'Foreign policy of the second Trump administration' entry contextualizes Trump's 'America First' approach, aligning with Beijing's retaliatory stance.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An economic conflict between China and the United States has been ongoing since January 2018, when U.S. president Donald Trump began imposing tariffs and other trade barriers on China with the aim of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China–United_States_trade_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The foreign policy of the second Donald Trump administration has been described as imperialist and expansionist in its approach to the Americas, and isolationist in its approach to Europe, espousing a…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Trump Always Chickens Out (TACO) is a term that gained prominence in May 2025 after many threats and reversals during the trade war US president Donald Trump initiated with his administration's "Liber…
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