December 3, 2018 – U.S. President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have agreed to halt new trade tariffs for 90 days to allow for talks, the U.S. says. At a post-G20 summit meeting in Buenos Aires, Mr. Trump agreed not to boost tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods from 10% to 25% on January 1. China will buy a "very substantial" amount of agricultural, industrial and energy products, the U.S. says. Meanwhile, Beijing says the two sides agreed to open up their markets. sIt was the first face-to-face meeting between the two leaders since a trade war erupted earlier this year. In other news, Canada, Mexico and the US have now officially signed their new CUSMA trade agreement.