Trump, Xi Set for ‘Big Meeting’ as Investors Await Trade Truce
- China sees rising consensus while Trump sees ‘good signs’
- U.S.-China tensions weighing on global economy, markets
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President Donald Trump and China’s Xi Jinping will sit down for a highly anticipated dinner Saturday with investors and allies eager for a truce in the trade war between the world’s two largest economies.
Trump spent Friday in Argentina meeting with Group of 20 counterparts, projecting optimism that his “big meeting” with Xi will be fruitful, saying early in the day that he sees “some good signs” as his staff continue to negotiate with Chinese officials.