U.S. President Donald Trump kicked off a meeting with China's leader Xi Jinping at a South Korean air base on Thursday (October 30) optimistic about striking a trade-war truce between the world's two largest economies.

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While flying back to Washington on Air Force One after the meeting, Trump told reporters it was a "great success" and said he would head to China in April for new talks.

U.S. President Donald Trump kicked off a meeting with China's leader Xi Jinping at a South Korean air base on Thursday optimistic about striking a trade-war truce between the world's two largest economies.

A landmark meeting between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of an international summit in South Korea Thursday appears to have made major strides to resolve frictions in the volatile relationship between the world’s two largest economies and rival superpowers.

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping wrapped up their highly-anticipated summit after around an hour and a half on Thursday, concluding talks they hoped would quell an expansive trade fight that has shaken global markets.