from ZeroHedge:
The Trump-Xi trade agreement cooled the tit-for-tat trade war between Washington and Beijing, paving the way for a more stable phase of negotiations. Both sides have made notable concessions: China curbed exports of fentanyl precursor chemicals, and the two countries agreed to suspend reciprocal port fees.
Beijing also launched a flurry of “goodwill” soybean purchases following the summit, but those imports have since stalled, Bloomberg reported. This development casts uncertainty over the trade deal and raises questions about whether it will hold through the end of the year.
The campaign recasts surveillance as safety, turning encryption from a shield of freedom into a checkpoint of trust.
Changes will be made to the Department of Employment and Social Development Act to ‘enable the delivery of more integrated and efficient services across government.’
