Trump, Xi meet in person as US and China move to ease trade tensions

U.S. President Donald Trump returned to Washington on Thursday after a high-stakes face-to-face meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, calling the talks “a success” and announcing new steps to ease trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies.

Trump said he would cut tariffs on Chinese goods, while Beijing agreed to lift restrictions on rare earth mineral exports and resume purchases of American soybeans, marking a…