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Andy Edser

'On a scale of 0-10... the meeting was a 12': The US and China have agreed on a one-year trade truce after Trump's meeting with Xi Jinping, although Nvidia Blackwell wasn't on the table

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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 13: U.S. President Donald Trump, joined by Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, signs an executive order on reciprocal tariffs in the Oval Office at the White House on February 13, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump announced his plan to increase U.S. tariffs to match the rates other nations charge to import American goods. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images).

US president Donald Trump and China's president Xi Jinping met in South Korea yesterday to discuss a variety of topics, with the main order of business being the ongoing trade and tariff escalations between their respective nations. After a 90-minute discussion, the two have agreed to postpone certain export controls as part of a one-year trade truce, which looks to be a significant cooling of the trade rhetoric between the two governments.

Speaking to reporters on Air Force One as he returned to US soil yesterday, Trump seemed particularly pleased with the discussions (via The Financial Times). "On a scale of 0-10, with 10 being the best, the meeting was a 12," he said, also describing the talks as "amazing."

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