de-escalation
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“We have seen a de-escalation in the last 24 hours, at least,” Johnson said.
From Los Angeles Times
“This is a time for de-escalation,” Cook said, according to an internal memo to Apple employees obtained by the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg News and others.
From MarketWatch
“This is a time for de-escalation,” Cook wrote in the internal message viewed by The Wall Street Journal.
Recent diplomatic efforts in Eastern Europe also have yet to translate into a meaningful de-escalation, the financial markets strategist adds.
Vance told Kim that the U.S. side wanted to see meaningful de-escalation in the South Korean government’s treatment of tech firms such as Coupang, the people familiar with the meeting said.
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