(Oct 7): It appears that there is nothing so extreme that you can contemplate that cannot become a White House tweet. In recent weeks, in briefing notes and forums, we have canvassed the extreme perimeters of US President Donald Trump’s trade war with China. This included the idea that Trump would freeze Chinese assets in the US. We noted that his freezing of Venezuelan assets was a precursor to this possibility.

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