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President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, shake hands before their meeting at Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea.

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands before their meeting at Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea.

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President Trump met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea amid a tense tariff war between the two countries. Trump was upbeat after the meeting in which both sides agreed to trade concessions. We take a look at the state of U.S.-China relations with a former U.S. ambassador to China.

And ahead of that meeting, President Trump signed several rare earth agreements with Asian countries to reduce America’s reliance on China. We hear why the U.S. is anxious to find other sources for these minerals and ask if it’s too little too late.

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