Xi Flexes Expanding Legal Arsenal to Warn Trump

“China’s latest barrage of countermeasures against the U.S. drew on an expanding legal arsenal, demonstrating Beijing’s growing capacity to retaliate while warning Washington against further tech curbs before Xi Jinping’s expected visit next month,” Bloomberg reports.

“The speed and breadth of the action, revealed in a volley of five statements released one week after the U.S. moved to ban new foreign robots, shows China’s willingness and ability to turn up the pressure even as it preserved room for de-escalation.”