US trade negotiations reached the framework of a deal with China, easing tensions before Trump’s high-stakes meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping expected this week. CNN’s Kristie Lu Stout breaks down the key components of the potential trade deal.

Top Chinese and U.S. economic officials on Sunday hashed out the framework of a trade deal for U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping to finalize that would pause steeper American tariffs and Chinese rare earths export controls and resume U.

US officials expect China to delay introducing sweeping export controls on rare earths, after two days of talks in Malaysia raised hopes that Donald Trump and Xi Jinping would agree to extend a trade truce at their high-stakes summit this week.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday he has reached a "very substantial framework" with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng that will avoid 100% U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods and achieve a deferral of China's rare earths export controls.

Top Chinese and U.S. officials agreed on a trade framework as President Donald Trump said he was confident of hashing out a deal with China's Xi Jinping.

US and Chinese officials have reached a framework agreement, averting a potentially ruinous 157% tariff on Chinese goods while paving the way for a potential trade deal to be discussed between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping later this week.

Sunday night after the Trump administration negotiated a framework for a trade deal with China that should avoid mutual assured destruction. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent offered rough outlines of an agreement that include China easing rare earth export restrictions and buying “significant” amounts of U.

U.S. stock-market futures gained Sunday after top negotiators for the U.S. and China expressed optimism that a new trade deal is in reach, ahead of a key meeting later this week between President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping.