President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in South Korea on Thursday in a historic summit. The leaders revealed early plans for a trade deal. Mark Schiefelbein/AP

The extraordinary trade war President Donald Trump unleashed has been taking a toll on the Chinese and American economies. China is in a far more precarious state, mostly due to preexisting problems, but the new trade agreement is unlikely to move the dial much for either of the world’s two largest economies.

On the surface, the headlines coming out of the historic meeting between Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping suggest a big victory for both sides. The agreement calls for the United States to lower tariffs on China by 10%, bringing the effective rate on Chinese exports down to 47%; and for China to de

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