{
  "id": 12340590,
  "title": "Short trade truce can’t paper over realities of US-China relationship",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/short-trade-truce-cant-paper-over-realities-of-us-china-relationship",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-06T08:30:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3369750/short-trade-truce-cant-paper-over-realities-us-china-relationship"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The recent US-China summit yielded a narrow, caution-filled outcome for bilateral trade: a two-month extension of the Kuala Lumpur trade truce, which now expires on January 10 next year. This reprieve eases fears of immediate tariff escalation and shows that head-of-state diplomacy can still curb spiralling confrontation. Yet the short timeline exposes the wide gulf separating the two sides’…",
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        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "Short trade truce can’t paper over realities of US-China relationship",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/short-trade-truce-cant-paper-over-realities-of-us-china-relationship-12342200",
        "published": "2026-10-06T08:30:06.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}