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China looms as unnamed concern in US-EU trade deal

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What happened: On August 21, the US and EU issued a joint statement elaborating on the controversial trade deal struck in late July between President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

China loomed as an unnamed concern in several key areas.

Chief among them are t...