“The stakes will be high on Friday when President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have only their second conversation since Trump returned to the White House and quickly set about inciting another trade war,” the Washington Post reports.
“Xi is continuing to bet he can find painful leverage points to counter Washington’s trade and technology pressure campaign. And Trump, who places great stock in his ability to broker international deals through direct talks with fellow leaders, wants a face-to-face meeting with Xi, even as his administration has sought to isolate Beijing and pull manufacturing back inside U.S. borders.”
