détente

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For years, historians followed the bomb’s echoes through the Cold War: Bikini Atoll and nuclear bunkers, Strangelove and SALT, détente and Defcon, Star Wars and saber rattling, to hit a few low points.

From The Wall Street Journal

While these tariffs may stack on those already in place, Treyz tells Barron’s she expects exclusions and potential walk-backs over the next 48 hours, especially considering the focus on affordability and efforts in recent months to maintain a detente reached with China last fall.

From Barron's

While these tariffs may stack on those already in place, Treyz tells Barron’s she expects exclusions and potential walk-backs over the next 48 hours, especially considering the focus on affordability and efforts in recent months to maintain a detente reached with China last fall.

From Barron's

At moments, poignant domestic intimacies such as cooking and bathing threaten to break the detente and let in some emotion.

From The Wall Street Journal

Yet, China’s leadership suggested last month that it is in no rush to roll out major stimulus measures as the trade detente with Washington puts bilateral relations on a stable footing.

From The Wall Street Journal