President Trump has backed away from a threat to raise tariffs on Chinese goods while managing to keep the threat hanging over Beijing.

As recently as Saturday, the administration was still officially going to raise the levies on $200 billion worth of goods. The next day, Trump tweeted that he was “delaying” the hike, without creating a new deadline.

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