Trump Dials Down Heat on China, Powell After Market Turmoil
This is Washington Edition, the newsletter about money, power and politics in the nation's capital. Today, senior editor Joe Sobczyk looks at the president's shift in tone on China and the Federal Reserve. Sign up here and follow us at @bpolitics. Email our editors here.
It was just last month that President Donald Trump said he's focused on the long term and was ' not even looking at the stock market' reaction to his trade agenda.
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