◎ Xi is reasserting his paramount authority in the face of political pushback. The Trump administration and administration advisors recently signaled that the Xi leadership had encountered resistance to reaching a trade deal with America. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said at a recent congressional hearing that “some forces in China decided” that Xi Jinping’s …
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