Donald Trump was engaged in his trademark brinkmanship with China this week over whether to enact the next round of trade tariffs on 15 December.
As I write this column, the US president continues to warn that “something could happen” at the weekend.
Trump wants more concessions from his counterpart Xi Jinping before deciding whether to proceed with tougher action on a further $156bn-worth of Chinese laptops, clothes and other exports.
