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China’s actions show that the U.S. is vulnerable to economic pressure, and China has forced the administration to choose between further escalation or a humiliating climbdown.

Stocks declined as the renewed threat of U.S.-China tariff escalation emerged, reminiscent of market disruptions in April.

“It would mean an absolutely new, qualitatively new phase of escalation, including between Russia and the United States.”

The rule, put out Thursday by China’s Commerce Ministry, is viewed as an escalation in the U.S.-China trade fight because it threatens the supply chain for semiconductors.

Neither protests nor Iranian escalation would cause him to rein in Israel.