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The meeting in Switzerland this weekend is the strongest signal yet that the two sides are ready do deescalate a trade war that has sent shockwaves through financial markets.

US and Chinese officials are set to start talks this week to try to deescalate a trade war between the world's two biggest economies.

The family said Katie's mother called the police in an effort to deescalate the situation.

There is a concerted effort to downplay the extent of the Israeli operation, either to save itself the embarrassment of admitting that major military bases were damaged or to provide the leadership in Tehran with an offramp to deescalate.

The Biden administration, fearing an Israeli strike on Iranian nuclear facilities or other major infrastructure, has sought to deescalate the confrontation.