US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping react as they hold a bilateral meeting at Gimhae International Airport, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Busan, South Korea, October 30, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
BUSAN, South Korea — US President Donald Trump kicked off a meeting with China's leader Xi Jinping at a South Korean air base on Thursday optimistic about striking a trade-war truce between the world's two largest economies.
The talks in the southern port city of Busan, their first face-to-face meeting since 2019, mark the finale of Trump's whirlwind trip around Asia in which he has touted several trade breakthroughs with South Korea, Japan and Southeast Asian nations.
"We are going to have a very successful meeting, I have no doubt.
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