This was a provocative moveThere was substantial communication over the weekendThere will be lots of staff level meetingsChina is neither going to command or control usWe have already been in touch with allies, meeting them this weekExpect support from India and other countriesBelieves that China is open to discussions on this matterIf not, we have substantial levers we can pullWe could move more aggressively than how China hasWe don't want to decouple but China is sending a decoupling messageEverything's on the table, but confident that this can be de-escalatedTrump still on track to meet with Xi in South KoreaThe first few remarks sounded like he was trying to cool the rhetoric a little. However, the part on going "more aggressively" might be something to temper some of the optimism to start the week. It still sounds like both sides are still quite some ways of from pressing the pause button again though. But hey, at least there's still time. We're roughly three weeks away from the 1 November deadline. This article was written by Justin Low at investinglive.com.