Busan, Oct 30 (V7N)- The much-anticipated meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping concluded without the announcement of any formal agreement. The two leaders met for the first time in six years and discussed a range of bilateral and global issues during their one-hour and forty-minute talks in Busan, South Korea, on Thursday (October 30) morning.

According to diplomatic sources, the discussions centered on trade tariffs, rare minerals, drug trafficking, and agricultural cooperation. Observers had expected some breakthrough in the ongoing U.S.–China tariff conflict, but both sides departed without releasing a joint statement.

It is also believed that Washington sought Beijing’s cooperation in efforts to end the Russia–Ukraine war.

The last meeting between the two leaders took place in 2019, marking this as their first face-to-face engagement in over half a decade.

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