Pandemic and sanctions is not an obstacle for US-China trade

[post] was originally published on [this site] China and the U.S. are shipping goods to each other at the briskest pace in years, making the world's largest bilateral trade relationship look as if the protracted tariff war and pandemic never happened, Bloomberg writes. Eighteen months after the Trump administration signed the trade deal, the agreement has turned out to be a truce at best. The U.S. trade deficit hasn't shrunk, most levies are still in place, and it hasn't led to negotiations over other economic issues. And yet, bilateral trade in goods is an area of stability in a relationship…