In a letter read out at Wednesday's trade-deal signing at the White House, Chinese leader Xi Jinping asked US president Donald Trump to take steps to "enhance mutual trust and co-operation between us".
That won't be easy: apart from the trade agreement, the US and China are butting heads on everything from technology to human rights to territorial disputes...
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