detente

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent isn’t likely to do that, as it would risk blowing up the tariff détente with Beijing that he negotiated in November.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

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 • Jan. 16, 2026

The US and China have been in a fragile trade détente since May, when the two sides agreed to drop triple-digit tariffs on each others' goods that had nearly stopped trade between the two countries.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2025

After more than 20 rancorous years apart, a rerelease of the Talking Heads classic 1983 concert film “Stop Making Sense” has brought détente, and maybe more.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2025

Eventually, after some speech making about the contribution of chess toward a possible détente between the Soviet Union and the United States, play got under way.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady