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Profiles In Weakness At The Trump-Xi Meeting

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By Harold James, Project Syndicate | October 29, 2025

While most people regard the Sino-American rivalry as a new cold war between two world-bestriding giants, the truth is that both countries are tightly constrained. Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping each sense the other side's vulnerabilities, which means they cannot hide their own.

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