### Comment:
[The FT doesn’t see this as a de-escalation at all.](https://outline.com/fJE2gu) Just a reiteration of existing plans at an annual event where Xi was meant to say vaguely pro-open market things. I don’t think these comments even made the WSJ’s front page. We’re not out of the woods yet.

### REPLY:
&gt; Just a reiteration of existing plans 
  
 The fact that he's reiterating these plans instead of going the other direction is de-escalation. Trump came out swinging, China swung back, Trump upped the ante, then China... goes back to talking about opening up their markets, lowering car tariffs and protecting IP.

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