From The Times and the Sunday Times, this is the story.

I'm Manvine Rana.

It's the showdown to rival the thriller in Manila.

The two most powerful leaders in the world engaged in a dangerous trade war

of finally coming face to face at a summit in South Korea.

Now a sit down between President's Trump and Xi Jinping.

Set to occur now on the sidelines of the APEC summit,

both leaders look to de-escalate a simmering trade war.

Tensions have jumped recently with China's announced restrictions

on rare earth mineral exports

and Trump's threatened retaliation

of massive tariffs.

Donald Trump, on a whistle-stop tour of the Far East, has spent days talking up the meeting.

I have a lot of respect for presidency. I like him a lot. He likes me a lot, I believe,

and respects me, and I think he respects our country a lot.

I think we're going to have a successful transaction for both countries.

But the stakes couldn't be higher, and the rivalry between the two leaders could still hit

the global economy.

I think we'll make a deal. They threatened us with rare earths, and I threatened them with tariffs,

but I could also threaten them with many other things.

So why have tensions been ratcheting up between the two fractious leaders? And what would a good deal look like?

Yeah. look like. The story today, has China won the trade war?

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