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The way President Donald Trump sees it, beating China in a trade war should be easy. After all, the Chinese sell Americans three times as much stuff as Americans sell them.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on May 11 said the U.S. and China had made "substantial progress" during talks in Switzerland amid an escalating trade war.