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What is a trade deal? Trump takes an expansive view

“But what constitutes a trade deal these days has become a tricky question. For the president, a trade deal seems to be pretty much anything he wants it to be.”

[The New York Times]

U.S. lifts curbs for chip design software and ethane

“The restrictions on EDA software developers and ethane producers were just some of many countermeasures imposed by US President Donald Trump’s administration in response to China’s export suspension of rare earths and related magnets in April.”

[Reuters]

How U.S. buyers of critical minerals bypass China's export ban

“Specifically, trade data illustrate a re-routing of U.S. shipments via third countries - an issue Chinese officials have acknowledged.”

[Reuters]

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