Finance & economics | Sofa so good
America has given China a strangely good tariff deal
For the next 90 days, at least
|Hong Kong
After a busy weekend of talks in Geneva, an impatient reporter asked when the results would be announced. Li Chenggang, China’s trade representative, replied with a smile and an old saying: “Good food is never too late.”
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