Trump and Xi’s hint at ‘good’ outcome to end US-China trade war

Editor | December 2, 2018 | World | No Comments

(CNN)The leaders of the world’s two largest economies, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, met face-to-face Saturday in Argentina for a highly anticipated dinner that many hope will halt, at least temporarily, an escalating tit-for-tat trade war.

The dinner between the two leaders in Buenos Aires over sirloin steak, vegetable salad with a basil mayonnaise, and caramel rolled pancakes lasted for nearly two-and-a-half hours, with immediate results of the talks not known. Earlier in the day, Trump canceled a planned news conference in order to honor the passing of former President George H.W. Bush, who died Friday at 94.

But shortly after the dinner, Larry Kudlow, the president’s top economic adviser, told reporters that Trump and Xi’s meeting went “very well.”