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US and China extend trade truce as Xi begins US visit
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the truce extension follows the leaders’ first day of talks at Joint Base Andrews.
President Xi Jinping’s three-day trip to the United States began with an unusual reception, as US President Donald Trump met Xi at the military airstrip at Maryland’s Joint Base Andrews, according to a live update from SCMP.
While Xi and first lady Peng Liyuan traveled to Washington by motorcade, SCMP reports that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox News that the US and China agreed to extend their trade truce.
SCMP framed the meeting as part of a high-profile Xi-Trump summit and noted the reception was a break from protocol compared with how Xi treated the American president in May, according to the outlet’s live coverage.