OE | 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔒𝔭𝔢𝔫 𝔈𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔬𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱 | Issue #25 Oct 1, 2026 |
The Take
TRUMP AND XI JUST STRUCK A DEAL, BUT MARKETS WANTED MORE
| Trump and Xi agreed to extend their trade truce by two months and cut tariffs on roughly $30 billion of goods each way, plus launch a formal US-China AI dialogue. Markets closed the week higher, but analysts called the deliverables "limited," with rare earths, Taiwan and Iran all unresolved. |
By The Open Economist