February 1, 2019

WASHINGTON (AFP) - United States President Donald Trump hailed "tremendous progress" in US-China trade negotiations on Thursday (Jan 31) and Chinese leader Xi Jinping said that their relations were at a "critical" stage, with one month left to settle their tariff dispute.

"You will be going early February with your group to China," Mr Trump said in the White House to negotiators after they spent a second day of talks with Chinese counterparts.

In a letter from Mr Xi to Mr Trump that was read out by the Chinese delegation, Mr Xi said relations were at a "critical" stage and that he hoped "our two sides will continue to work with mutual respect".

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