President Donald Trump wrote in a post on Twitter on Dec. 29 that “big progress” is being made with Chinese leader Xi Jinping toward a trade deal that may stave off further escalation of a yearlong trade war.

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Emel Akan is a senior White House correspondent for The Epoch Times, where she covers the policies of the Trump administration. Previously, she reported on the Biden administration and the first term of President Trump. Before her journalism career, she worked in investment banking at JPMorgan. She holds an MBA from Georgetown University.
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