Trump flew back to Washington on Thursday after talks with Xi in South Korea in which the American president agreed to cut tariffs on China in exchange for Chinese action to crack down on the drug fentanyl trade, resume buying U.S. soybeans and keep rare earths exports flowing.

China's President Xi Jinping met with Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday, with the leaders vowing to advance bilateral relations and Carney accepting Xi’s invitation to visit China. They held a summit on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Gyeongju,

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney have taken steps to mend their countries' fractured ties.

Chinese President Xi Jinping invited Prime Minister Mark Carney to visit China as the pair met on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in South Korea on Friday.

China's Xi Jinping took centre stage at an annual gathering of Pacific Rim leaders in South Korea on Friday, meeting Canadian and Japanese counterparts after securing a fragile trade truce with U.S. President Donald Trump.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping told Asia-Pacific leaders his country would help to defend global free trade as U.S.