China on Thursday affirmed a trade deal announced by U.S. President Donald Trump, saying both sides needed to abide by the consensus and adding China always kept its word. The deal, reached after Trump and China's President Xi Jinping spoke on the telephone last week,

After two days of negotiations, the United States and China appear hopeful about the progress they’re making on a trade deal. But let’s take a look at what actually went down this week. Both countries say they have a "framework" that basically gets trade talks back to the agreement they made in Geneva a month ago.

If a handshake agreement holds, it will merely undo some of the damage from the trade war that President Trump started.