Trump, China and Korea
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U. President Donald Trump landed in South Korea on Wednesday for the final leg of his Asia trip, optimistic about striking a trade war truce with Chinese President Xi Jinping after summit talks with South Korea's Lee Jae Myung.
US President Donald Trump landed in South Korea on Wednesday after departing from Japan, marking the third stop of his Asia tour. The two-time US President is set to hold a crucial meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on which hinges expectations of easing the ongoing trade war between the two trade giants.
Follow live updates as President Donald Trump continues his three-country Asia tour with a stop in Japan before heading to South Korea.
For the first time in more than a decade, Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit South Korea next week, travelling to the historic city of Gyeongju for talks with South Korean President Lee Jae-myung as well as to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit.
President Trump said that the U.S. expects to lower tariffs on China in exchange for cooperation in cracking down on the export of chemicals used to produce fentanyl.Trump said that he would discuss such an agreement when he meets with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea on Thursday.
Taiwan Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung said on Tuesday that he was not worried that U.S. President Donald Trump would "abandon" the island in his meeting this week with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea.