🌏 U.S.–China Trade Truce: Relief, Risks, and the Illusion of Reindustrialisation
The biggest macro story this week? A surprise tariff truce between the U.S. and China. After months of escalations, U.S. President Donald Trump has agreed to slash punitive tariffs on Chinese goods from 145% to 10% for a 90-day period. The reversal was framed in Washington as a strategic timeout; in Beijing, it was hailed as a political win.
Markets rallied, GDP forecasts jumped, and nationalist voices declared “a great victory.” Goldman Sachs revised its 2025 China GDP forecast up to 4.6%, while JPMorgan went further with 4.8%, citing stabilised exports and renewed trade flow expectations. China also eased its ban on Boeing aircraft and hinted at loosening rare earth controls. For now, it seems, the world’s two largest economies have blinked—if only briefly.
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