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US Plays Down Expectations of Trump-Xi Meeting

VOA News

   Top U.S. officials are saying no one should expect any major deals when
   President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet later this
   week at the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan.

   The officials say the main purpose of the meeting is to reach agreement
   to restart trade negotiations that broke off in May.

   Eleven rounds of talks have failed to ease U.S. concerns over China's
   massive trade surplus with the U.S. and alleged intellectual property
   theft.

   Trump has already threatened another $325 billion in tariffs on Chinese
   goods, which would cover just about everything China exports to the
   U.S. that is not already covered by the current 25% tariff on $250
   billion in Chinese imports.

   China has slapped its own tariffs on U.S. products, including those
   produced by already financially strapped American farmers.

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