Cosmopolitics by Elise Labott

Cosmopolitics by Elise Labott

The art of the long game

The self-proclaimed master of the deal just got schooled in strategic patience

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Elise Labott
Oct 31, 2025
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Greetings from Palo Alto, where I just spend the week at Stanford University. More on that next week. In the meantime, I wanted to share some thoughts on President Trump’s meeting yesterday wtih Chinese President Xi Jinping.

The real headline is that the two leaders backed down from an escalating trade war - and that is a good thing.

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