[elefanten]

Your comment is strictly true despite the downvotes. But, it would help to note that this is simply an observation of potentially unrelated events. Smoke but not fire.

What's more disheartening is that the latest round of (still incomplete) information indicates that he's trading back the ZTE action in exchange for the CCP walking back their own agriculture sector trade actions that were initiated during the first volleys in the trade conflict a few months ago.

That would be a deeply stupid and un-strategic trade to make. But sadly, it seems to play into the President's domestic political needs.

Edit: feel compelled to add / stress the caveat that no outcomes of the trade talks are known in full