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No summit with China's Xi until trade deal is reached, Trump says

WASHINGTON - Despite hopes that a U.S.-China trade deal is at hand, President Donald Trump said Thursday that some key issues have yet to be resolved and that they are not close enough for him to announce a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Trump said that he should know "over the next four weeks" whether there is a summit or not, quelling speculation throughout the day that he was ready to name the date of a meeting with Xi.

"If we

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