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Last Updated:October 30, 2025, 06:48 IST
Donald Trump said he is “looking forward” to meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping in Busan, South Korea. Their meeting is scheduled to happen at 11 am local time (0200 GMT).
US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2019 (Reuters/File)
Donald Trump has said that he is “looking forward" to his scheduled meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Busan, South Korea, on Thursday.
“Very much looking forward to my meeting with President Xi of China. It will take place in a few hours!" Donald Trump wrote on his official Truth Social platform.
On Wednesday, during his speech at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit, the US President had said the expected trade deal would be good for both countries and “something very exciting for everybody".
“That’s really a great result. That’s better than fighting and going through all sorts of problems," Trump said in an address to a business luncheon on the sidelines of the APEC gathering in Gyeongju.
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping were set to hold talks in South Korea on Thursday morning, seeking a return to a fragile trade war truce between the world’s two largest economies.
The meeting, the first between the leaders since Trump returned to office in January, is due to begin at 11 am local time (0200 GMT) in the southern port city of Busan, capping off the US President’s whirlwind trip around Asia.
Trump has repeatedly expressed optimism about reaching agreement with Xi during the summit, taking place on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, buoyed by a breakthrough in trade talks with South Korea on Wednesday.
However, with both countries increasingly willing to play hardball over areas of economic and geopolitical competition, which analysts see as a new Cold War, many questions remain about how long any trade detente may last.
The trade war reignited this month after Beijing proposed dramatically expanding curbs on exports of rare-earth minerals vital for high-tech applications, a sector China dominates.
Trump vowed to retaliate with additional 100 per cent tariffs on Chinese exports, and with other steps including potential curbs on exports to China made with US software, moves that could have upended the global economy.
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Vani Mehrotra is the Deputy News Editor at News18.com. She has nearly 10 years of experience in both national and international news and has previously worked on multiple desks.
Vani Mehrotra is the Deputy News Editor at News18.com. She has nearly 10 years of experience in both national and international news and has previously worked on multiple desks.
First Published:
October 30, 2025, 06:46 IST
News world 'Very Much Looking Forward': Donald Trump Ahead Of Key Meeting With China's Xi In South Korea
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