The apparent truce continues a pattern for talks between Trump and Xi, who have more than once professed their friendship and hit pause on protectionist measures, only to see negotiations later break down over contentious details. Trump said the talks with Xi went “probably even better than expected.” Seated across a lengthy table flanked by top aides, both leaders struck a cautiously optimistic tone after they posed for photographs. The meeting with Xi was one of three Trump engaged in Saturday with world leaders displaying authoritarian tendencies. With Erdogan, Trump said the leaders will “look at different solutions” to Turkey’s planned purchase of the Russian-made S-400 surface-to-air missile system. Trump said Saturday he would allow U.S. companies to sell their products to Huawei, but he was not yet willing to remove the company from a trade blacklist.

Source: thestar June 29, 2019 00:21 UTC