Impeachment fever has taken over Washington, D.C., but the business of governing is attempting to proceed around town.

The big news next week will be the arrival of a high-level Chinese trade negotiating team. Figure the market will hang on every word, sorry, make that tweet, that comes either from the President or the Chinese delegation. The latter is less adept at tweeting— so far, of course.

However, the unrest in Hong Kong poses a wild card risk to the talks as it will be hard for the U.S. to stay mum if protesters there start to be hurt or killed. The Chinese are highly unlikely to help Trump with trade talks if he interferes in what they consider a domestic matter.

That said, both sides have incentives to reach a mini-deal that could help President Trump secure his support in rural America with some Chinese purchases of agricultural products and the US giving needed licenses to Chinese technology giant Huawei Technologies. Talks are scheduled for next Thursday and Friday.

Also on the trade front, the World Trade Organization handed down a final ruling favoring the U.S. in its complaints against the European Union over subsidies to Airbus (EADSY). The decision allows the US to place tariffs on EU imports and, surprise, surprise, the tariff-happy Trump Administ...

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