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Beijing takes incremental steps in exchange for Washington dialing down economic pressure—only for China to drag its feet when relations deteriorate.

It warned on Sunday that it would intensify its attacks against the group, with Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz claiming Hezbollah is "playing with fire, and the president of Lebanon is dragging his feet".

It’s about how much mud can be thrown to drag the front-runner down.

"Hezbollah is playing with fire, and the president of Lebanon is dragging his feet," Defence Minister Israel Katz said in a statement.

The longer the government shutdown lasts, the bigger of a potential drag it could have on consumer confidence, said Melissa Brown, managing director of applied research at SimCorp.