Trump and Xi Jinping had made some serious headway in resetting economic relations between the US and China. Now, the spread of COVID-19 is being used to destroy that progress, and pit the two powers against each other. Meanwhile, the Fed continues its commitment to bailing out the biggest speculators of the economy.

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