Poker vs Go: Trump and Xi face off with different game strategies

US leader plays the hand while his Chinese counterpart plays the horizon

20251020 Trump and Xi

Donald Trump approaches the ongoing U.S.-China contest as though playing poker, repeatedly upping the ante, while Xi Jinping constructs his Go board with deliberate, long-term calculation. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by AP) 

HIROYUKI AKITA

CAMBRIDGE, England -- The tense, high-stakes trade conflict between the U.S. and China has begun escalating again, deepening geopolitical risks with far-reaching global consequences.

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