{
  "id": 1975318,
  "title": "Is the US actually too chicken to take on China for trade?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/is-the-us-actually-too-chicken-to-take-on-china-for-trade",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T16:42:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/19/china-trump-trade-weak-yuan"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A weak yuan guarantees Beijing massive trade surplus even as the White House tries tamp down on Chinese imports Since China offered a truce in the trade war last October following its threat to deprive the United States of rare-earth magnets, the Trump administration has been happy to stop escalating. After all, imports from China have been falling, down by 40% in the year to June, compared with…",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian",
        "title": "Is the US actually too chicken to take on China for trade?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/is-the-us-actually-too-chicken-to-take-on-china-for-trade-1977326",
        "published": "2026-08-19T16:42:08.000Z"
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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."
}