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The Trump administration's “monster” trade deal with China helped drive global stocks to records and push currency volatility to all-time lows. But the accord excludes $50 billion of U.S. exports and there are doubts China can buy the required $95 billion extra in commodities. And trade is only a small part in the competition with China that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned will require “every fiber” of America's “innovative spirit.”
What you'll want to read this weekend
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What you'll need to know next week
- The third presidential impeachment trial in U.S. history begins.
- Davos tries to go greener, pushing leaders beyond good intentions.
- The International Monetary Fund has bad news about U.S. growth.
- The Libyan crisis heads to Berlin, and Greece isn't happy.
- Netflix's earnings may get a lift from the “The Irishman.”
What you'll want to see in Bloomberg Graphics
Bloomberg has crunched the numbers for the exact odds of a U.S. downturn in the next year. While wage growth for the average American worker remains stagnant, soaring stock prices, a steeper yield curve and the lowest jobless rate in half a century have combined to push down the risk of recession.
To contact the editor responsible for this story: David Rovella at drovella@bloomberg.net
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