The fate of the global economy hangs in the balance as President Trump and China's Xi Jinping prepare to meet in South Korea.

The growing power of China's leader complicates U.S. dealmaking—and makes a grand bargain unlikely, writes Neil Thomas.

US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are poised to hold a high-stakes summit in South Korea on Thursday, as the world’s two largest economies struggle to resolve a protracted trade conflict that has upended global economy.

China’s leader draws on lessons from Lin Zexu, a Qing official whose defiance of Britain led to China’s humiliating defeat but made him a national hero.

President Trump geared up for a high-stakes sit-down with Chinese President Xi Jinping Wednesday — revealing on a hot mic how long he plans to spend with Beijing’s leader. Trump, 79, was overheard claiming during a diplomatic dinner hosted by South Korean President Lee Jae Myung that the Thursday meeting with Xi would stretch “three to four hours” — despite official guidance from the White House budgeting a little under two hours for the

Earlier Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Trump and Xi are expected to strike a deal on the tariff. The U.S. could cut the 20 percent fentanyl-related tariff in half if Beijing cracks down on the export of chemicals that can be used to produce fentanyl, the WSJ reports, citing people familiar with the talks.

Mr Xi is firmly in charge, and unabashed about showing the party and the world that he will dump anyone deemed to be a bad actor. It was unclear what, exactly, the purged officials had done to deserve their punishment.