TRUMP & XI TALKS OFFER HOPES FOR US-CHINA TRADE THAW – Their meeting was their first face-to-face meeting since 2019
U.S. President Donald Trump held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at a South Korean air base, with both leaders sounding optimistic about cooling trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies.
The talks in the southern port city of Busan, their first face-to-face meeting since 2019, marked the finale of Trump’s whirlwind Asia trip during which he also touted trade breakthroughs with South Korea, Japan and Southeast Asian nations.
Their meeting, taking place on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, lasted nearly two hours. After their talks, the two leaders shook hands at the entrance of the building where their discussions were held, before going into their cars and Trump heading off to the airport for his flight home.
