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Trump leaves for Washington after meeting Xi in South Korea
NEW DELHI [Maha Media]: US President Donald Trump met Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea today (October 30) as the leaders of the world's two largest economies attempted to stabilise relations, and end a trade war that has roiled the world economy. US President Donald Trump described his meeting with China's leader Xi Jinping was a "great success" and said he would head to China in April for new talks. "I'll be going to China in April and he'll be coming here sometime after that, whether it's in Florida, Palm Beach or Washington, DC," Trump told reporters on Air Force One.
"A lot of things we brought to finalisation" at Thursday's talks in Busan, South Korea, added Trump, praising Xi as a "tremendous leader of a very powerful country".
He said that Taiwan was not discussed in his meeting with Jinping. Taiwan "never came up. That was not discussed actually," Trump said.
It was their first face-to-face meeting in six years. The meeting started at 11 am (7:30 am IST) and concluded at around 12:40 pm (9.10 am IST) in Busan, South Korea, a port city about 76 kilometres south from Gyeongju, the main venue for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. As the two leaders shook hands, the US president, who minutes before said he has ordered the Pentagon to start nuclear weapons testing on a level with China and Russia, complimented a smiling Xi as a "very tough negotiator".
"We'll have a great understanding," Trump said, predicting a "fantastic relationship for a long period of time". Xi acknowledged that both sides did not always see eye to eye, but should strive to be "partners and friends". "China and the US can jointly shoulder our responsibility as major countries and work together to accomplish more great and concrete things for the good of our two countries and the whole world," said Xi.
Trump was flanked by senior officials including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury chief Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. Xi's team, which arrived from Beijing shortly before -- the US side was already in South Korea -- included Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Commerce Minister Wang Wentao and Vice Premier He Lifeng.
Trump's aggressive use of tariffs since returning to the White House for a second term combined with China's retaliatory limits on exports of rare earth elements gave the meeting newfound urgency. In the days leading up to the meeting, US officials signalled that Trump does not intend to make good on a recent threat to impose an additional 100% import tax on Chinese goods — and China has shown signs it is willing to relax its export controls on rare earths and also buy soybeans from America.
