U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping, second left, shake hands before their meeting at Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea on Oct. 30, 2025. Photo by AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping agreed to extend a tariff truce, roll back export controls and reduce other trade barriers in a landmark summit on Thursday, potentially stabilizing relations between the world’s biggest economies after months of turmoil.

In the first sitdown between leaders since Trump’s return to the White House, the pair agreed China would pause sweeping controls on rare-earth magnets in exchange for what Beijing said was a U.S. agreement to roll back an expansion of restrictions on Chinese companies. The U.S. will also halve fentanyl-related tariffs

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