United front right response to US injustice

While many are still betting on which side will blink first between China and the United States in their tit-for-tat tariff war, the answer is already there.

According to the latest guidance from US Customs on the weekend, smartphones and computers, along with some other goods, will not be affected by the Donald Trump administration's "reciprocal" tariff policy.

This is a low-key step back. But it is the first signal of the administration's easing of tariffs under domestic pressure, particularly from those enterprises manufacturing in China for the US market, following Beijing raising its retaliatory tariffs to 125 percent on Friday after the US' levies reached an absurd 145 percent.