Sri Lanka, Oct. 30 -- US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are set to meet today in Busan on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, which is a high-stakes encounter unfolding amid escalating trade frictions and global economic uncertainty.

This is the first meeting between the two leaders in six years.

A Meeting Years In The Making

The last time the two leaders met face-to-face was during Trump's first term.

Their renewed engagement, according to US officials, aims to rebuild a fragile trade truce that has frayed in recent months. Both sides are entering talks wary but cautiously hopeful, with Washington signalling that it wants a "substantial framework" to stabilise relations...