US President Donald Trump will meet his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, on Thursday (October 30) in Busan. The meeting between the two leaders on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit is taking place after a gap of six years, as the last time the two leaders met face to face was during Trump’s first term. The meeting is set to begin at 11 am in Busan, South Korea, a port city about 76 km south of Gyeongju, the main venue for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, reported AP .

Tariffs and flash points

The crucial meeting comes at a time when the two largest economies in the war are currently in the middle of a fragile trade truce. The tariff war between the two countries reignited earlier this month with China announcing that it would impose curbs

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