~ President Trump arrives in China with top officials ahead of high-stakes summit

Del Beccaro: In years gone by, Presidents would usually travel abroad to high-stakes meetings with some advanced agreement with the notable exception of when Reagan “walked out” on Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1986.  Trump’s travels do not appear to follow that format and lead to questions about what will come of meetings such as this meeting with China.

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Economic Update

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