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Breakthrough or breakdown: G20 sets trade war turning point

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jingping. [Photo: Courtesy]

PARIS- The United States and China have in the coming week what may be their last chance to avoid a dramatic escalation in an increasingly dangerous trade war when their presidents meet in Buenos Aires.

With global growth increasingly suffering from frictions between the two biggest economies, tensions will come to a head when Donald Trump and Xi Jingping meet on the sidelines of a G20 summit in Argentina.

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