While Trump (right) seeks quick deals done directly with top leaders, Xi (left) favours a framework led by his lieutenants that wards against being blindsided. - AFP
WASHINGTON: While Donald Trump hailed the outcome of trade talks in London, Xi Jinping walked away with an understated strategic gain: a negotiating process that buys China time and helps defuse the threat of more harmful tariffs and technology curbs.
Shortly after two days of negotiations wrapped, Trump declared Wednesday (June 11) on social media that a deal had been "DONE” to restore the flow of critical magnets from China, and pledged to lift curbs on student visas.
