President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping ’s first in-person meeting since Trump’s return to the White House came at a crucial moment in the U.S.- China relationship, as the two superpowers posture for a competitive advantage in areas ranging from rare earth minerals to artificial intelligence .

However, Trump’s readout for the pair’s “amazing,” roughly 100-minute meeting on Wednesday in South Korea on the sidelines of this year’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders summit is at odds with Xi’s more muted counterpart capturing how the two countries, to a large extent, agreed to postpone many of their disagreements for 12 months.

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