Meeting in Argentina 'charted course for China-US relations for some time'

President Xi Jinping and his United States counterpart, Donald Trump, agreed on Saturday to continue bilateral trade negotiations, stop the imposition of new tariffs and exchange visits at an appropriate time.

They also agreed to expand cooperation and manage differences on the basis of mutual benefit and respect, as well as to jointly push forward a coordinated, cooperative and stable China-US relationship.

They reached the consensus during a working dinner after the G20 Leaders' Summit in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires. It was the first face-to-face meeting between the two leaders since Trump's visit to China in November last year.

According to a statement released after the meeting, Xi said that for the world's two largest economies, it is normal to have some differences in areas of economy and trade.

However, the key is to appropriately manage differences and find solutions acceptable to all, he said.

The two leaders instructed their economic and trade teams to step up negotiations toward the removal of all the earlier-imposed additional tariffs and to reach a mutually beneficial agreement, the statement said.