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White House unveils details of 'historic' trade agreement with China following Trump-Xi meeting
U.S. and China reach historic trade agreement addressing fentanyl trafficking, rare earth exports and agricultural trade between the world's largest economies.
Trump announced a cut on Chinese imports after meeting with Xi in South Korea, citing new understandings on fentanyl enforcement, farm trade and rare-earth exports.
President Trump said the U.S. and China reached deals on several items, including a short-term agreement on rare-earth minerals, and soybean sales to China.
President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met for their first face-to-face talks in six years in South Korea.
President Donald Trump said he had an “amazing” meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, where “a lot of decisions were made” on fentanyl, rare earth minerals and more.
BANGKOK (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said he had an “amazing” meeting Thursday with China’s top leader Xi Jinping that produced very important decisions. The first official Chinese comments on the meeting were less specific and suggested any trade deal is not done.
The first face-to-face meeting between Trump and Xi in six years resulted in a temporary trade truce, highlighted by a reduction in stiff U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods in exchange for a pledge by China to crack down on the export of chemicals used to produce fentanyl.
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