The only thing worse than a bad US-China trade deal would be none at all. Until last weekend, when President Donald Trump tweeted his anger at China’s alleged backtracking and unleashed a new round of tariff escalation, the two looked on course to reach agreement. Few expected it would amount to more than a truce in the growing rivalry between the world’s two biggest economies. But it would nevertheless have been better than further deterioration.
唯一比美中達成一項糟糕貿易協定更糟的事情是根本沒達成協議。直至上上週末美國總統唐納•川普(Donald Thump)發推文對中國所謂的出爾反爾表示憤怒並啓動新一輪關稅升級之前，兩國原本看上去即將達成協議。幾乎沒有人指望協議起到的作用會超出爲全球兩個最大的經濟體之間愈演愈烈的對抗按下休戰鍵。儘管如此，有協議會比事態進一步惡化要好得多。
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