Trump, Chinese trade and framework deal
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President Donald Trump's eventful week included securing a preliminary trade deal with China, deploying National Guard troops to Los Angeles, and responding to Israel's strikes on Iran.
United States and Chinese officials said they had agreed on a framework for a trade truce, which removed China's export restrictions on rare earths.
The president said he and Chinese President Xi Jinping still need to sign off on a preliminary deal, even though he called it "done."
Americans are divided over President Donald Trump's decision to activate the military to respond to protests against his crackdown on migrants, with about half supportive of the move, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that closed on Thursday.
President Trump's officials have repeatedly said that they are nearing trade deals with a number of countries, without releasing specifics of most of them.
China’s chokehold on a group of minerals that are critical to making everything from electric vehicles to jet fighters has handed Beijing a powerful tool in its bruising trade fight with the U.S.—a weapon it could wield again in the future.
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India Today on MSNTrump open to extending trade talks' deadline, but says it won't be necessaryPresident Trump said he's open to extending the July 8 trade talks' deadline but doesn't think it will be needed. Talks are ongoing with 15 nations, including Japan, South Korea, and the EU.
While Donald Trump hailed the outcome of trade talks in London, Xi Jinping walked away with an understated strategic gain: a negotiating process that buys China time and helps defuse the threat of more harmful tariffs and technology curbs.