Trump, Xi Vow Virus Cooperation After Weeks of Rising Tensions

U.S. leader holds off on using phrase ‘Chinese virus’ in tweet
Says the two countries working together amid global crisis

China's Xi Calls for Unity to Avoid Global Recession: Xinhua

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By Karen Leigh

March 27, 2020 at 2:03 AM EDT

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March 27, 2020 at 3:10 AM EDT

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U.S. President Donald Trump and China’s Xi Jinping pledged in a phone call to cooperate in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, signaling a fresh detente between the two countries after weeks of rising tensions.

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