The White House says US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping have reached a 90-day ceasefire agreement on new economic tariffs to allow for continuing trade negotiations.
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| The tariff ceasefire was announced after Mr Trump, Mr Xi and key officials sat down for dinner. |
The two met for dinner in Buenos Aires, Argentina at the end of the G20 meeting.
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Mr Trump had agreed not to raise US tariffs on Chinese imports as scheduled on January 1.
She added that the two countries would "immediately begin negotiations on structural changes" around intellectual property protections, cybertheft and other US priorities.
Chinese state television reported "no additional tariffs will be imposed after January 1, and negotiations between the two sides will continue”.
Read the ABC News story - “Donald Trump, Xi Jinping agree to ceasefire in tariff war after G20 dinner date, as US goes it alone on climate change.”
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