BLOOMBERG - It would be easy to dismiss the Trump administration's campaign against Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat as part of an election strategy to attack China from all angles.
The moves, however, as well as China's counter-response, are contributing to a deeper problem at the heart of the global economy - one that can't be resolved unless the world's two biggest economies work together.
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