détente
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Mr. Trump was seeking a détente in his trade war with China and was at odds with India over trade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Trade Representative Jamieson Greer offered Wednesday about the source of the unraveling of the fragile détente previously reached between the two rivals.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2025
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
Their eventual detente turns into something more meaningful for both of them, and Wikstrom and Angelo exercise the perfect amount of restraint to make their characters’ tentative friendship believable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Eventually, the city and Scientologists settled into an uneasy detente even as the church became one of downtown’s largest property owners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
The veteran litigator found herself in hot water after her efforts to broker a detente between Cipriani and Shell spectacularly backfired.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
“If the oil markets were as confident about a lasting detente between the U.S. and Iran, oil prices would be solidly lower,” Essaye said in written commentary.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 15, 2026
In spite of their different attitudes, hopes, and goals, they gradually— though neither could have explained how—reached a functioning detente.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
The incidents at Sabina Shoal however raise the question of whether such détentes are effective when the dispute can simply shift to a new site.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2024
Like most other détentes between opposing groups over the past couple of years, the goodwill didn’t last.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2023
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