US and Chinese Officials Meet Ahead of Trump-Xi Summit

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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng began talks in New York on Sunday, setting the stage for a planned Trump-Xi summit at the White House on Thursday. The all-day talks, including US trade representative Jamieson Greer, focus on trade, AI, rare earths, and other strategic issues, with both sides seeking to ease tensions and possibly extend a trade truce expiring in November. US officials aim to secure critical mineral flows and address China's purchases of US agriculture goods, while analysts caution expectations for the summit are low, with a truce seen as the likely short-term outcome.


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