Trump Softens Tone on China to Secure Xi Summit, Trade Deal
US President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in 2017.
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President Donald Trump has dialed down his confrontational tone with China in an effort to secure a summit with counterpart Xi Jinping and a trade deal with the world’s second-largest economy, people familiar with internal deliberations said.