President Trump announced that he and Xi Jinping of China had de-escalated their trade standoff, agreeing to roll back steep tariffs and limits on rare earth metals. But even as the global trade picture cleared a little, Trump spurred new worries about nuclear proliferation. https://nyti.ms/4offpv9 | The New York Times

President Trump and Sanae Takaichi, the Japanese prime minister, traded compliments during a stop in Tokyo on Tuesday, but signaled no major breakthrough in ongoing trade negotiations. Read more: https://nyti.ms/479YOTC | The New York Times