Exclusive | Donald Trump, Xi Jinping set for November 17 meeting in Chile to sign interim trade war deal: source

Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump set to meet on the sidelines of the Apec summit in Chile next month, a source says

The two state leaders are expected to sign an interim trade deal ‘if everything goes smoothly’

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Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump have met twice already over the course of the 16-month trade war. Photo: AP

Published: 8:00pm, 29 Oct 2019Updated: 11:35pm, 29 Oct 2019

Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump are tentatively expected to meet on November 17 with the aim of signing an interim trade deal, a source briefed on the arrangements told the South China Morning Post.

The two leaders are expected to come face-to-face immediately after the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in Santiago, Chile, with a trade truce signed “if everything goes smoothly”, said the person, who declined to be identified.

Trade envoys from Beijing and Washington are still finalising the text for the two leaders to sign, but both sides have expressed optimism that Trump’s so-called phase one trade deal can be completed in time for the meeting.

Trump said on Monday that negotiations on the interim deal were running “ahead of schedule”.

“We are looking probably to be ahead of schedule to sign a very big portion of the China deal, and we’ll call it phase one but it’s a very big portion,” Trump said. “That would take care of the farmers. It would take care of some of the other things. It will also take care of a lot of the banking needs.

.css-sioo19{color:#c79a00;}Exclusive | Donald Trump, Xi Jinping set for November 17 meeting in Chile to sign interim trade war deal: source

Exclusive | Donald Trump, Xi Jinping set for November 17 meeting in Chile to sign interim trade war deal: source