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By Charles Hankla Last week President Donald Trump seemed to be on the cusp of a trade deal with China. A couple of threatening tweets later, the odds of ending the 16-month-old US-China trade war have dropped dramatically.

Donald Trump’s one-on-one approach to China has dangerous implications for global trade

China is coercing its neighbours to reorder the Indo-Pacific region, the Pentagon told Congress in its annual budget proposals for fiscal 2019, beginning October 1 this year

China coercing neighbours to reorder Indo-Pacific region: Pentagon

The missile destroyer USS Hopper came within 12 nautical miles of Huangyan Island in the South China Sea

China vows 'necessary measures' after US warship enters South China Sea

In Beijing, many experts think Washington is unwilling to pay the heavy economic price needed to upset prevailing trade dynamics between the world's two largest economies

China looks to call bluff on Trump trade action

President-elect Donald Trump?s China policy cannot be based on deal making alone

Diplomacy with Beijing is not that easy

Trump is 'fully knowledgeable about these issues on an ongoing basis, regardless on who is on the other end of the phone'

Trump is 'well aware' of what US policy has been on Taiwan - spokeswoman

Obama's meeting with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, last week at the White House prompted the phone call

China foreign minister calls John Kerry, asks US not to interfere with Tibet

A senior Chinese minister cautions Washington to not take sides in territorial disputes in the region

China to US: Do not let your allies decide South China Sea policy