Honorable mention in cars: Coda Automotive and its Sino-American EV.

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In April, a Sino-American trade commission resolved several gritty disputes, including disagreements about standards for mobile-phone technology, approvals for biotechnology products and the regulation of express-delivery firms.

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The gesture is also weighing on fraught Sino-American trade relations.

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Sino-American ties have been under increasing strain recently.

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