Donald Trump’s tweets on Sunday afternoon shattered the air of inevitability that surrounded the prospects of a deal to end the US trade war with China. By giving Beijing an ultimatum — either make new concessions or face higher tariffs by Friday — Mr Trump raised the stakes and signalled that he was prepared to see the talks collapse.
But while the risk of failure has risen, there is still a wide range of outcomes to the negotiations this week, and much will depend on how Beijing reacts to the threats from the US president. Here are the three main scenarios:
1. A new escalation
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