President Donald Trump met with China's President Xi Jinping on Wednesday in South Korea, and he called the meeting "friendly" and agreeable.
Trump said that Xi "agreed to almost everything" during their two hours face-to-face, and in return, he agreed to lower tariffs on the world's most populous nation.
"On a scale from zero to 10, with 10 being the best, I would say the meeting was a 12," he told reporters who were traveling with him on the flight back to Washington.
"It was an outstanding group of decisions I think that was made. A lot of decisions were made too, there wasn't too much left out there," Trump said.
When Xi agreed to work toward decreasing the amount of fentanyl coming into the U.S. from China, Trump lowered the tariffs on Chinese goods from 57% to 47%.
"I believe he's going to work very hard to stop the death that's coming in," Trump said.
In another positive development, China agreed to end its pause on purchasing soybeans from the U.S. The pause caused problems for farmers.
China also agreed to a one-year pause on its limits in exporting rare minerals, which led to the U.S. loosening some of its own export restrictions.
"President Xi is a great leader of a great country, and I think we're going to have a fantastic relationship for a long period of time," Trump said at the start of the meeting.
Of course, Xi is a communist dictator, not a great leader, but Trump was buttering him up to get what he wanted, so that's okay.
The pair hadn't met in person for six years, but they have spoken on the phone three times and exchanged several letters since Trump took office for the second time.
"China and the U.S. should be partners and friends. This is what history has taught us and what reality demands," Xi said through an interpreter.
They also talked about China buying oil from the U.S. (Alaska), but they skipped over several more controversial topics.
They didn't talk about Taiwan, TikTok, or China buying Russian oil, but hey, it's a good first step toward lowering tensions.
