China and the United States have recently agreed to lower the temperature in their spiralling trade war, bringing a precarious end to months of back-and-forth measures between the economic and technological powerhouses.

The detente -- reached at last week's meeting between presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in South Korea -- marks a new phase in a fierce standoff that has rumbled since 2018.

Here are the main issues and where they now stand:

- Tariffs -

Trump imposed tariffs on China during his first presidential term, decrying intellectual property theft and other "unfair" trade practices.

His successor, Joe Biden, largely maintained those duties and added to them in strategic technological sectors including electric vehicles and semiconductors.

At last week's meeting with Xi, T

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