China, the U.S.'s third-largest trade partner, has restricted exports of the strategic metals tungsten, bismuth, indium, molybdenum and tellurium.
Uncertainty about when – or whether – the two will speak could reflect their different approach to the US-China relationship.
The age of empires seemed to be a thing of the past. But now there are signs that some world leaders hanker after imperial power and glory.
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