detente
Example Sentences
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Analysts don’t expect the attacks to spoil the recent U.S.-China detente but see the move creating geopolitical ripples longer-term.
From Barron's
That, combined with a likely temporary trade détente with China, may be all the markets need to assume any new tariff storms can be weathered in the year ahead.
In that sense, the consultation between the two women was aimed to establish detente.
From Slate
China, the biggest consumer for U.S. soybeans, shifted its purchases to Brazil and Argentina, though a recent detente included an agreement for China to resume some purchases.
From Barron's
Analysts broadly expect to see some positive impact from the China-U.S. detente, but ING economists note that unfavorable base effects could keep trade growth modest.
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