00:00China and the US are set to extend their trade truce when both President Xi Jinping and Donald
00:05Trump meet in Beijing. The South China Morning Post reports that Trump is likely to travel to
00:11China in early April for a three-day official visit. The current truce was struck last October
00:18after the two leaders met on the sidelines of a summit in South Korea. It led to a scaling
00:24back of tariffs and export controls, easing months of escalating tensions that had seen
00:29triple-digit retaliatory levies and a sweeping Chinese boycott of US agricultural goods.
00:35Beijing has since resumed purchases of American soybeans. Trump is now pushing for tangible
00:40deliverables ahead of November's midterm elections, as the US continues to grapple with a cost-of-living
00:46crisis. The two leaders held a nearly two-hour call last week, with Trump saying China was
00:52considering buying even more American soybeans.
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