U.S. President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met for the second time this year to much fanfare but little in the way of grand bargains.
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Deepa Shivaram
Deepa Shivaram is a White House Correspondent at NPR.
A Martínez
A Martínez is one of the hosts of Morning Edition and Up First.
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