China Daily journalists review the main stories of last year that offered a glimpse of things to come.

Xi-Trump summit charts course for future ties

In a two-and-half hour dinner meeting in Buenos Aires in Argentina on Dec 1, Chinese President Xi Jinping and United States President Donald Trump reached important consensus to continue bilateral trade negotiations, stop imposing new tariffs and exchange visits at an appropriate time.

They also agreed to expand cooperation and manage differences on the basis of mutual benefit and respect, and to jointly push forward a coordinated, cooperative and stable China-US relationship.

State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the meeting has charted the course for China-US relations in the some time to come.