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The leaders of the world’s two largest economies, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, met face-to-face Saturday in Argentina for a dinner that many hope will stop, at least temporarily, a trade war.
The dinner between the two leaders in Buenos Aires over steak, vegetable salad, and rolled pancakes lasted for nearly two and a half hours. 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”. Speaking to reporters, Trump described his relationship with Xi as “incredible”, predicting a successful meeting for both trading partners, while there would be further talks in the days ahead. “The relationship is very special, the relationship I have with President Xi,” Trump said. “And I think we’ll probably end up—end up getting something that will be good for China and good for the United States.”
This week alone the American President has planned to raise tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods to 25% from 10%. “Where we are right now is in a place of considerable uncertainty,” said Craig Allen, president of the US-China Business Council.
Still, experts cast doubt over how much detailed agreement would be made at the leaders’ dinner, suggesting any agreement will likely set off a heavy to-do list for Cabinet officials to work out very quickly. “I don’t think it’s our expectation that the two presidents are going to get into a lot of detail, and of course, they are going to have other issues to talk about beyond just trade,” said Waterman. “Not every problem is going to be solved overnight.”