War Secretary Pete Hegseth says he had a "positive" meeting with China’s defense chief Dong Jun as both sides agreed to open military channels to ease tensions.

Leaders of Pacific countries and territories, including China’s Xi Jinping, are gathering in South Korea for a major summit Friday. But the leader of one global powerhouse is conspicuously absent: Donald Trump.

World leaders kicked off the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit on Friday, with Chinese President Xi Jinping taking the spotlight to address global trade uncertainties.

Trump announced a cut on Chinese imports after meeting with Xi in South Korea, citing new understandings on fentanyl enforcement, farm trade and rare-earth exports.

China and Canada's leaders opened on Friday their first formal talks since 2017, with Xi Jinping meeting Prime Minister Mark Carney in South Korea, Chinese state media reported.But in her first policy address last Friday,

Chinese President Xi Jinping offered these words to President Trump before their private meeting on Thursday in South Korea: PRESIDENT XI JINPING (through translator): President Trump, it is a great pleasure for me as well to meet you.

Defense secretary praises U.S.-China relations but says better communications needed to “deconflict and deescalate any problems that arise.”

The US and China have agreed to establish direct communication between their militaries to help avoid conflict, according to US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.