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"HN81 describes that day as the most serious incident of public disorder he witnessed and participated in. He describes shouting, aggressive posturing and joining in with the pushing and shoving once that had begun."

The rapid shift back into a de-escalatory posture illustrates just how economically interlinked the U.S. and China have become, according to a team of policy analysts at Evercore ISI.

"Both sides appeared to be posturing ahead of their November 1 meeting when the tariff truce is set to expire," he added.

“They can posture all they want; but at the end of the day, there’s going to be two titans battling it out.”

It reopened the trade war earlier in the year with its sharply higher tariffs on Chinese imports in an effort to force China to adopt a more friendly trade posture to the U.S.