détente

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“These guys are a much tougher nut to crack,” says Ricardo Zúñiga, a former Obama administration official who helped negotiate the short-lived detente between the U.S. and Cuba from 2014 to 2017.

From The Wall Street Journal

China’s use of its leverage on rare earths also led to the recent detente—signals that powerful pushback can be effective.

From Barron's

For years, historians followed the bomb’s echoes through the Cold War: Bikini Atoll and nuclear bunkers, Strangelove and SALT, détente and Defcon, Star Wars and saber rattling, to hit a few low points.

From The Wall Street Journal

While these tariffs may stack on those already in place, Treyz tells Barron’s she expects exclusions and potential walk-backs over the next 48 hours, especially considering the focus on affordability and efforts in recent months to maintain a detente reached with China last fall.

From Barron's

While these tariffs may stack on those already in place, Treyz tells Barron’s she expects exclusions and potential walk-backs over the next 48 hours, especially considering the focus on affordability and efforts in recent months to maintain a detente reached with China last fall.

From Barron's