OPINION: U.S.-China trade truce reflects detente, not reconciliation

Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the White House in September for the first time in 11 years and met with U.S. President Donald Trump. Building on the "relationship of strategic stability" that was agreed at their May summit in Beijing, the two leaders agreed to a two-month extension of the trade truce halting tit-for-tat tariffs and export controls, pushing the deadline through the coming January.U.S.-China relations are in a period of detente, but the goal is not reconciliation. Both countries are seeking to avoid confrontation for now, ease pressure on each other and prepare for the …READ FULL ARTICLE