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Luxury Giants Play Both Sides in the US-China Trade War

Weeks after a controversial meeting with President Donald Trump, LVMH executives, along with their Kering counterparts, are rubbing shoulders with China’s business and political elite including President Xi Jinping. How long can they maintain their delicate balancing act?
President Donald J. Trump and LVMH Chairman Bernard Arnault at Louis Vuitton's new factory in Texas, Frédéric Arnault and Andrew Wu at the CIIE in Shanghai | Collage by BoF

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