CNBC Daily Open: Stability is on the menu as Trump and Xi start dinner

US President Donald Trump (L) and China's President Xi Jinping shake hands as they leave after their talks at the Gimhae Air Base, located next to the Gimhae International Airport in Busan on October 30, 2025. Andrew Caballero-reynolds | Afp | Getty ImagesHello, this is Hui Jie writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC's Daily Open.Former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping once said: It does not matter if its a white cat, or a black cat. As long as it can catch mice, it is a good cat.The same idea might apply to Thursday's summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping — few expect the two sides to settle every disagreement that they have, but from the two leaders' opening remarks, Beijing and Washington seem committed to reducing tensions.And that might be enough to make it a good summit.What you need to know todayBy the time you read this, both U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping would have moved from the negotiating table to the dinner table.The summit between the two leaders so far has seemed cordial, with Xi saying that U.S. and Chinese interests are “deeply intertwined” and that their competition "should ...