Trade between Russia and the U.S. started to grow under Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin noted after meeting his counterpart in Alaska. The upward tick comes after a decade of steep decline that set in amid a bitter geopolitical clash over Moscow’s military intervention in neighboring Ukraine.

U.S. President Donald Trump said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin did not reach a deal to end Russia’s war in Ukraine after talks in Alaska on Friday, as the two leaders offered scant details on what was discussed but heaped praise on one another.

President Donald Trump has failed to secure an agreement from Vladimir Putin to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, falling short in his most significant move yet to stop the bloodshed.