The meeting between China's President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump at the recent Group of 20 summit may have produced a truce in the trade war between their countries. But a truce by its very nature is a temporary suspension of hostilities. A new Cold War remains a distinct possibility, and that is a matter that should deeply worry other nations.
Along with other members of Asean, Indonesia stands to lose from any escalation of this great power contest.
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