US Says Trump, Xi Discussed Increased Farm, Oil Trade
Trump highlighted the need for China to boost purchases of US farm products during the ongoing summit between Trump and China's leader Xi Jinping, according to a White House official.
The talks are part of his first state visit to Beijing since 2017, with the pair meeting for more than two hours on Thursday.
Elizabeth Economy, Hargrove Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, gives her takeaways of the summit so far. (Source: Bloomberg)
Trump returns from China summit
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