Trump-Xi meeting: the key takeaways

By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor, The Conversation

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It was “12 out of ten”, Donald Trump reported on emerging from his meeting with the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, in Busan, South Korea, this morning. It was the first time the two leaders have sat down face-to-face in since 2019 and a lot has happened to change the relationship…

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