PoliticsHandshakes, deliverables and an extended truce: Has the U.S.-China relationship really changed?

The September meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping has prompted questions about whether U.S.-China ties have fundamentally shifted. Former U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state Thomas Christensen says the extension of the Busan trade truce through January is only a short-term pause, not a breakthrough, with semiconductors, tariffs, rare earths, Taiwan and other issues still capable of rekindling tensions.