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Trump and Xi Navigate Trade Tensions Amid Logging Concerns

6/8/2025

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In a recent phone call, U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping navigated the choppy waters of trade tensions, seemingly favoring Xi with concessions. Meanwhile, Trump's push to ramp up logging in U.S. forests has local loggers in towns like Darrington, Washington, anxious that new regulations could favor big corporations, jeopardizing their small businesses and livelihoods.

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In a recent phone call, U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping navigated the choppy waters of trade tensions, seemingly favoring Xi with concessions. Meanwhile, Trump's push to ramp up logging in U.S. forests has local loggers in towns like Darrington, Washington, anxious that new regulations could favor big corporations, jeopardizing their small businesses and livelihoods.