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Misinformation casts shadow on US-China trade truce

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting in Osaka, western Japan on June 29, 2019. [AFP]

From false claims of Americans panic-buying Chinese goods to bot-driven attacks on US brands, a tide of misinformation is casting a shadow over a temporary trade truce between Washington and Beijing.

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