Advisers reportedly want Trump, Xi to hold summit at Mar-a-Lago

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last updated 11 February 2019

Seeking to end the ongoing trade war between the United States and China, President Trump's advisers have informally discussed hosting a summit at Trump's Florida club Mar-a-Lago next month with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Axios reports.

Two administration officials told Axios that while the meeting could take place as early as mid-March, nothing is set in stone. A third official said that locations other than Mar-a-Lago have been floated, including Beijing, and it's too early to say if Trump and Xi will even meet.

On March 1, Trump must decide if he will increase tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods to 25 percent, from 10 percent, and he had wanted to meet with Xi before the tariff ceasefire expires. Trump is meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un later this month in Vietnam, and three people close to the administration said there's just no way two big summits could be held so close together.

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

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