The Phase 1 agreement includes a section intended to prevent China from manipulating its currency to gain trade advantages.

The White House didn't release any official statement, raising questions about whether the terms had been agreed by both sides.

Relations between the world's two largest economies have nose-dived amid a bitter trade war and arguments over human rights, Hong Kong and U.S. support for Chinese-claimed Taiwan.

Farmers have been hit hard by the trade war with China. Trump has been trying to assure them that they will come out ahead in the end.

The administration agreed to suspend a tariff hike on $250 billion worth of Chinese imports that was set to take effect Tuesday. And China agreed to buy up to $50 billion in U.S. farm products.

The move by U.S. officials could make it easier for both Apple and small makers of gaming computers to assemble devices in the United States by lowering the costs of importing parts.

China, the world's biggest producer of climate-warming greenhouse gases, has pledged to bring its emissions to a peak by around 2030.

Freeland has spoken to her counterpart in Brazil, Ernesto Araújo, and offered Canada's assistance in fighting the forest fires, a government official told Global News.

The U.S. president made the comments outside the White House, telling reporters that his life would be easier had he not mounted a trade war with China.

Katherine Swidan is trying to save her son Mark, who has been sentenced to death on drug charges in China. She says his case is political.