Some Fear an Economic Cold War As Trump Meets China's Leader

Dec 01, 2018, 04:44 AM

The stakes for President Donald Trump's Saturday meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping seem like they couldn't be higher as the world's two biggest economies argue over escalating tariffs, how to handle North Korea and saber rattling in the South China Sea.

But as in the meetups between U.S. presidents and Soviet leaders during the Cold War, analysts say the most likely results of the dinner meeting will be a vague promise to work together followed by further tension.