GLOBAL DEALS

G-20 agrees on trade, migration, U.S. goes own way on climate.

and prosperity,” Xi said.

Trump also canceled a Saturday news conference, citing respect for the Bush family following the death of former President George H.W. Bush.

The United States and China are locked in a dispute over their trade imbalance and Beijing’s push to challenge American techn o l o g i c a l d o mi n a n c e. Washington accuses China of deploying predatory tactics in its tech drive, including stealing trade secrets and forcing American firms to hand over technology in exchange for access to the Chinese market.

Trump has imposed import taxes on $250 billion in Chinese products. If he can’t get a deal with Xi, he’s poised to more than double most of those tariffs Jan. 1. And he’s threatened to expand tariffs to virtually everything China ships to the U.S.

China, which has already slapped tariffs on $110 billion in U.S. goods, is likely to retaliate.

Putin eventually got his chance to talk with Trump — but their brief exchange over Ukraine didn’t accomplish much.

The two men spoke Saturday on the sidelines of the G-20 — just long enough for Trump to ask Putin what he is up to in Ukraine, and for Putin to respond.

“I answered his questions about the incident in the Black Sea. He has his position. I have my own. We stayed in our own positions,” Putin told reporters.

Putin called it “too bad” that Trump canceled their formal meeting, and hinted at the potential fallout if the world’s two biggest nuclear powers can’t talk to each other substantively.