Trump greets Xi Jinping on arrival in rare move as US-China trade truce extended

President lays out the red carpet, and the US treasury secretary announces a two-month extension of ‘Busan agreement’ pausing trade war hostilitiesAI, trade, Taiwan and climate: what will and won’t be on agenda at Trump-Xi summitDonald Trump welcomed Xi Jinping on Wednesday evening, taking the unusual step of greeting the Chinese leader on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews to kick off his state visit to Washington.Xi’s plane was met with a lavish arrival ceremony that included a 100ft long red carpet flanked by US service members, a military flyover by two B-1 bombers and a presentation of the flags