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Donald Trump to meet with China’s Xi Jinping next Thursday in South Korea for crunch talks

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump departs for Malaysia on Friday night and will also visit Japan, before meeting Xi

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US President Donald Trump will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping next Thursday in Busan, South Korea, on the sidelines of the Apec summit. Photo: AP
Bochen Hanin Washington

US President Donald Trump will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on October 30 in South Korea, the White House confirmed.

“On Thursday morning local time, President Trump will participate in a bilateral meeting with President Xi of the People’s Republic of China,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said at a briefing on Thursday.

The meeting between the two leaders will take place at the end of a trip by the US president to Asia, which will begin in Malaysia, continue to Japan and conclude in South Korea, where this year’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit is being held.

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While Trump has said multiple times that he would meet with Xi in South Korea, no date had previously been announced.

Leavitt said the meeting will take place after the president spends a full day in Busan ahead of the official start of the main Apec summit, which runs from October 31 to November 1.

Trump says Xi meeting scheduled in South Korea

Trump says Xi meeting scheduled in South Korea
The meeting between the leaders of the world’s two largest economies comes as relations between the US and China hit new lows in recent weeks, after Beijing threatened to tighten its grip on strategic rare earth minerals, while Washington warned of heightened tariffs and expanded controls on critical software.
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