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SANTIAGO (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Chilean President Sebastián Piñera discussed the crisis in Venezuela, the U.S.-China trade war and the “Belt and Road” in a meeting on Friday, Chile’s government said in a statement on Friday.

Pompeo indicated he was optimistic about finding a solution to the tariff war with China, which has rattled global markets and economies over the last year, the Chilean read-out from the meeting said.