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Bessent and He to meet as Trump confirms summit with Xi

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The prospects for a China-US trade truce are looking up.
On Saturday, Vice Premier He Lifeng held a video call with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (SCMP 1).

Bessent called the talks “frank and detailed” and said that he planned to hold an in-person meeting with He in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to...