A meeting Thursday between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping is set to be one of the key diplomatic events of the year, with the US-China economic relationship at stake following multiple rounds of escalating tensions and temporary truces.

Trump told traveling reporters Monday on Air Force One that while nothing has yet been agreed, he felt good going into the meeting with Xi set to take place on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in South Korea.

The following are among the top issues the two sides have been haggling over:

Rare Earths

China’s curbs on exports of rare earths — a critical component in industrial supply chains, the processing of which is dominated by Chinese firms — has been a key pain point for the US this year. The Trump administration ha

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