Xi

As Washington vows to hold off on further tariffs

Grabs headlines with a surprise tweet saying he was open to meeting Kim Jong Un at DMZ

With the decisive action likely to take place mainly on the sidelines

The meeting between the 20 leaders is expected to be one of the most fractious in years

Amid a nuclear deadlock between Pyongyang and Washington

Analysts say the Chinese president is looking for leverage ahead of the G20 meeting with his US counterpart

Becomes the first Chinese president to visit North Korea in 14 years

The two leaders agree to meet after they spoke on the phone weeks after negotiations broke down

Both sides ended talks last week saying they would continue negotiations despite Trump raising tariffs

Xi has repeatedly promised to open up the Chinese economy