U.S. President Donald Trump has hailed his meeting with Xi Jinping in Busan, South Korea, as a “G-2” summit. After a nearly two-hour conversation with the Chinese leader, Trump emerged declaring it “amazing,” rating the meeting “12 out of 10.” The Chinese readout, though less dramatic, confirmed most of Trump’s claims.
It appears that the United States and China are now in a comfortable place— each acknowledging the strengths of the other while finding ways to cooperate. The meeting between Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun hours later in Kuala Lumpur emphasized this growing bonhomie between the two nations.
By reducing tariffs on China by 10 percent, Trump has brought the average tariff rate on Chinese goods below that of India and Brazil, which
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