President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to kick off high-stakes talks amid their ongoing trade dispute and geopolitical tensions.

Trump and Xi are expected to meet on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Busan, South Korea, in what will be their first in-person meeting since Trump's first term. The meeting is expected to begin in the morning hours local time on Thursday, or Wednesday night in the U.S.

Trump has expressed optimism about securing a deal with China even as the trade dispute has escalated with the two sides trying to exert leverage over the other in an eventual deal.

As Trump and Xi prepare to hold discussions over the economic relationship between the two geopolitical rivals they lead, here's a look at so

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