Trump-Xi Trade Meeting Starts in Osaka

(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump and China’s Xi Jinping are meeting at the G-20 in Osaka amid hopes the two powers will hit the pause button in their trade war.

• Trump and Xi may agree to continue talks aimed at a trade deal between world’s two largest economies; Failure to do so would likely escalate the U.S.-China trade war and upset financial markets

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