It was quite the weekend in Asia.
First — in Osaka, Japan where U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met on the sideline of the G20 summit. The two leaders agreed to put additional tariffs on hold – for now – and resume negotiations over a potential trade deal.
Then to the DMZ — where President Trump crossed into the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, jump-starting dormant nuclear talks between the two countries.
CGTN’s Toby Muse reports.
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To discuss:
- John Sitilides is a global risk analyst and consultant to the U.S. State Department.
- Yan Liang is an associate professor and the head of Willamette University’s Department of Economics.
- John Gong is an economics professor at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing.
- Soo Kim is a former CIA North Korea analyst and currently a policy analyst at the RAND corporation.
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Kim Jong-un said the meeting was "very significant" and "this means we can feel at ease and meet each other with positive answers"
Mr Kim accepted Mr Trump's invitation to meet at DMZ, which he sent via tweet on Saturday
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— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) June 30, 2019
Trump agrees to allow sales of U.S. products to Huawei and to resume trade talks with China https://t.co/2EbtDTlxVw
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) June 29, 2019