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Trump, Xi Likely to Pursue Trade Truce, Not Transformation, at Summit

Any agreement will probably be a reset rather than a comprehensive accord.
China's President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump shake hands prior to a meeting in Osaka in 2019.Photographer: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

This is Washington Edition, the newsletter about money, power and politics in the nation’s capital. Today, Jordan Fabian, a White House editor, looks at what’s at stake for Donald Trump and Xi Jinping at their summit, which begins a few hours from now. Sign up here . Email our editors here .

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are poised to finalize a trade truce when they meet Thursday in South Korea. Still, the deal is likely to prove more of a reset than a major breakthrough.