Hello and welcome. Theres anticipation building as President Trump and chinas xijinping are due to meet shortly at the 620 summit injapan. The two countries are of course currently locked in a bitter trade war which is threatening to escalate. All eyes are on whether this meeting can break the deadlock or at least offer Global Markets some relief. Ourjapan correspondent, Rupert Wingfield hayes is at the summit in osaka. How likely is it that the two sides will reach any sort of agreement . I dont think we will see this trade dispute dissolved resolved during this very brief meeting, between xi jinping and donald trump, but there is some hope that perhaps a truce can be called and concessions will be made by either side that will allow their trade teams to get back to the table, where they have not been for the last month or so. As they work out the details of any bilateral trade agreement. This is really important because since the end of last year the us and china have imposed swingei
Hello and welcome. Theres anticipation building as President Trump and chinas xijinping are meeting at the 620 summit injapan. The two countries are of course currently locked in a bitter trade war which is threatening to escalate. All eyes are on whether this meeting can break the deadlock or at least offer Global Markets some relief. Ourjapan correspondent, Rupert Wingfield hayes is at the summit in osaka. Are we expecting any sort of resolution to come out of this meeting . I dont think we will see a complete resolution to the trade dispute, this is too short a meeting with too many issues at stake for a short face to face between the two leaders to make that sort of breakthrough. However the mood music going into this meeting is positive, we saw the two lea d e rs this meeting is positive, we saw the two leaders shake hands quarterly, President Trump as he met with President Trump as he met with president xi said that he had a close relationship, that had slipped recently but was g
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