Following 'fire and fury,' Trump looks to ease tensions in Asia

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President Trump, following days of bellicose threats toward North Korea and jitters about a looming trade war with China, moved on several fronts Monday to ease tensions in East Asia, after making the region a flash point for his administration.
 
As he opened a long-awaited trade action against China, Trump used uncharacteristically restrained language and a multistep bureaucratic process that will likely put off punitive steps against Beijing for months, if not forever. On North Korea several of the president’s top advisers tried to tamp down fears of a clash after his threat to rain “fire and fury” on