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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Josh Boak and Didi Tang

Trump and Xi dialed down the trade war, but challenges lurk at their China summit

China Trump Trade - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

President Donald Trump claims that America has increasingly profited from trade with China, largely playing down the tensions over rare earth minerals, tariffs and emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence that could rupture relations between the world's two largest economies.

Trump departs Tuesday for a summit in Beijing with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, in what could potentially be the first of four meetings this year.

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