President Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, his Chinese counterpart, will hold a bilateral meeting when the two leaders attend the G20 summit in Japan this month, raising hopes the US and China will resurrect moribund efforts to end their trade war.
“Had a very good telephone conversation with President Xi of China. We will be having an extended meeting next week at the G-20 in Japan,” Mr Trump wrote on Twitter on Tuesday. “Our respective teams will begin talks prior to our meeting.”
Mr Trump had previously suggested that the two leaders would meet at the G20 in Osaka, but the White House had refused to clarify whether they would talk in a group setting with world leaders or hold a bilateral meeting. A Chinese official confirmed to the Financial Times that Mr Xi had agreed to have a bilateral meeting with Mr Trump.