U.S. President Donald Trump, right, chats with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File) GYEONGJU, South Korea (AP) — President Donald Trump is set to meet face-to-face with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday,

It’s not clear, though, that Trump has the advantage in the current showdown. The apparent deal on offer signals little more than a resumption of the status quo from around when Trump returned to office in January and serves as vindication of China’s own hardball approach to the Trump administration’s coercive tactics.

The move, if it occurs, would be in response to China's escalating hostilities near disputed waters as Trump is poised to meet with Xi, sources say.

BUSAN, South Korea (Reuters) -As U.S. President Donald Trump and China's leader Xi Jinping prepare to kick off talks on Thursday, U.S. negotiators have signaled they seek a return to a fragile trade war truce,

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that a trade deal had been struck with South Korea. Speaking at a dinner hosted by the South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, Trump later said that a deal had been pretty much finalised.

The United States and China are not going to resolve all the issues that divide them before presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping meet Thursday in Busan, South Korea