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The leaders shared steak
in Florida, but the stakes in trade talks are much higher for China, which
would struggle to find a better export market
Forget the warm handshake. Take with a pinch of salt Donald Trump’s talk of his “very,
very, great relationship” with Xi Jinping. The idea that Washington has ceased
to harbour deep suspicions of Beijing just because the presidents of the
world’s two biggest economies shared pleasantries over steak in Florida is
fanciful.
