WASHINGTON, DC: Donald Trump and Xi Jinping meet face-to-face for the first time on Thursday (Friday in Manila), opening a new chapter in the world’s most consequential relationship amid growing crises over North Korea and trade.

The presidents of the world’s two pre-eminent economic and military powers will rendezvous in the south Florida sun at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate for a summit already clouded by geopolitical storms.

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