# Handshakes, deliverables and an extended truce: Has the U.S.-China relationship really changed?

https://mins.news/en/video/82932

- VOA Chinese, 2026-10-02 03:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klwB4fQWtU8

> The September meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping has prompted questions about whether U.S.-China ties have fundamentally shifted. Former U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state Thomas Christensen says the extension of the Busan trade truce through January is only a short-term pause, not a breakthrough, with semiconductors, tariffs, rare earths, Taiwan and other issues still capable of rekindling tensions.

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