What a 2-month trade-truce extension between China and the US reveals as rifts persist

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The US and China agreed to extend their trade truce by two months, providing short-term certainty for businesses while exposing ongoing rifts and setting up a high-stakes future negotiation around trade tensions. Analysts view this extension as a positive signal amid unresolved disputes ahead of a presidential summit.

An extension of the US-China trade truce, agreed upon at an unscheduled meeting between the two countries’ top economic officials, underscores a willingness to contain trade tensions, according to analysts who deemed it a positive signal for this week’s presidential summit. While the rollover extends the truce by only two months, the analysts said it provided businesses with a measure of short-term certainty while raising the stakes for the next round of talks to determine whether the truce can...