“There is information coming out of Beijing that this is part of a larger move by the hard-liners to persuade Mr. Xi to change a number of policies and to get tougher,” Pillsbury said.

Trump Renews Trade War as China Talks End Without a Deal https://t.co/B4u2fCJoxs “There is information coming out of Beijing that this is part of a larger move by the hard-liners to persuade Mr. Xi to change a number of policies and to get tougher,” Pillsbury said.

— Michael Pillsbury (@mikepillsbury) May 13, 2019

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/10/us/politics/trump-china-trade.html