The BBC’s China correspondent Laura Bicker unpacks how the trip panned out for Beijing and Washington.
The world’s two most powerful men – Xi Jinping and Donald Trump – have just met in Washington after days of pomp and pageantry. While there were many symbolic gestures, including Chinese pandas from President Xi, there were few big movements – although they committed to a six month extension of the tariff truce. The BBC’s China correspondent Laura Bicker unpacks how the trip panned out for Beijing and Washington.
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