truce
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Analysts have attributed the rise to enthusiasm about artificial-intelligence breakthroughs in China and a truce in the trade war between the U.S. and China.
Marshall brokered a cease-fire between a dismayed Chiang and gleeful Communists in January 1946: It was meant to last for two weeks but “became a four-month truce that changed the course of the civil war.”
Food supplies have improved under the truce, but reconstruction is stalled, with much of Gaza’s Palestinian population still living in tents or damaged homes.
The White House has jousted with Beijing on trade but reached a broad truce with China after a major escalation last spring.
From Barron's
The president is now focused on ensuring this trade truce holds as he prepares for a high-stakes trip to Beijing in April.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
