Trump greets Xi Jinping on arrival in rare move as US-China trade truce extended
President lays out red carpet as treasury secretary announces extension of ‘Busan agreement’ pausing trade war hostilities
Donald Trump has welcomed Xi Jinping to the US, taking the unusual step of greeting the Chinese leader on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews to kick off his state visit to Washington.
Xi’s plane was met with a lavish arrival ceremony that included a 30-metre-long (100ft) red carpet flanked by US service members, a military flyover by two B-1 bombers and a presentation of the flags and national anthems of both countries.
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