Good MornING Asia - 30 August 2019

An olive branch from China, but this trade war is far from over. We don't think China is about to acquiesce without the US removing a lot of existing tariffs and holding off from new ones, and the US needs a big concession from China on IP and openness, or it too will appear weak.

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