"Donald Trump's whirlwind tour of Asia this week culminated in a much-anticipated sit down with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit hosted this year by South Korea. So far, details of the meeting have yielded no big surprises. The US will lower tariffs in exchange for China cracking down on chemicals used to make fentanyl. Trump said China would buy "tremendous amounts" of soybeans from the US,"
"Whether the latest truce between the US and China will be sustainable remains a question mark. "US-China relations will remain intensely competitive, and even if a few small deals are reached and the temperature is lowered for a while, countries need to be prepared for renewed friction that could have consequences for their interests," Bonnie Glaser, managing director of the German Marshal Fund's Indo-Pacific Program, told DW."
Donald Trump met Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the APEC summit in South Korea after a weeklong Asia tour. The US agreed to lower some tariffs in return for China cracking down on chemicals used to produce fentanyl. China reportedly will resume buying soybeans from the US after halting purchases during the trade dispute. Trump departed before the APEC leaders' meeting convened under the theme "building a sustainable tomorrow." Observers warned that US-China relations will remain intensely competitive and that small deals may not prevent renewed friction affecting other countries' interests. The April "reciprocal" tariffs surprised many and many measures were later exempted, rolled back, or delayed, complicating global supply-chain planning.
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