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Hello, everybody. I'm John Fawson with this Great America Show midday update for Thursday, October 30th.

Happy Thursday, folks. The weekend's almost here.

Earlier today, President Trump met with China's

communist dictator Xi Jinping in Busan, South Korea for talks that are focused heavily

on lifting recent restrictions and tariffs on bilateral trade. Following the meeting that

President Trump described in a statement as truly great, the two sides confirmed that China

would lift restrictions on exporting

rare earth and critical minerals which Beijing has imposed in response to tariffs on its goods.

The restrictions would be paused for a year, potentially returning if Beijing and Washington

do not agree on a blueprint for sales, but President Trump appeared positive about restrictions

not returning during his remarks on Air Force One while en route back to America.

President Trump also speaking to the media on Air Force One saying tremendous amounts of soybeans and other foreign products are going to be purchased immediately by China.

They discussed fentanyl.

Take a listen to President Trump on his meeting with Xi Jinping.

I thought it was an amazing meeting. He's a great leader, a leader of a very powerful, very

strong country in China. And what can I say? We have, there was an outstanding group of decisions, I think, that was made.

A lot of decisions were made.

There wasn't too much left out there.

And we've come to conclusion on many very important points, and we'll be handing that to you in a little while.

You know, we're having, because there's a lot of, a lot of different things.

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