Source: International Business Times
US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping last spoke in June over the phone AFP Back-to-back talks between the United States and China's top diplomats and defence chiefs could mark "a small step" towards a meeting between the leaders of the two countries, analysts said, but cautioned against expecting an imminent summit. The last time US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met was in 2019 so all eyes would be any discussions of flashpoint issues like Taiwan, the South China Sea and US tariffs. Tensions between the world's two biggest economies simmered this year, but have significantly cooled since April, when both countries slapped escalating tariffs on each others' exports.
