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US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in Busan for their first in-person talks in years, pledging to stabilise strained ties and address escalating trade tensions.

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in Busan, South Korea, for their first in-person talks in years, expressing optimism about strengthening ties and resolving key strategic issues.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said a framework for Trump and Xi to finalize was forged over weekend talks with China

President Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are nearing a potential U.S.-China trade deal after reaching a preliminary consensus, as Trump also brokers a Thailand–Cambodia ceasefire and signs new regional economic frameworks.

Officials from both countries kicked off a new round of negotiations in Malaysia on Saturday, seeking to ease tensions ahead of an upcoming leaders’ summit.

Xi Jinping will deliver a speech at APEC and hold bilateral meetings with other leaders, including South Korean President Lee Jae Myung.

President Donald Trump embarks on a high-stakes Asian tour aiming to ease global trade tensions, rebuild alliances, and secure major investment deals amid uncertainty over his planned meeting with China’s Xi Jinping.

As Xi Jinping, 72, consolidates power with no heir apparent, Beijing’s closed-door meetings highlight a growing risk: the longer succession is delayed, the harder and more turbulent it may become.

Donald Trump dismissed the likelihood of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, expressing confidence in his relationship with Xi Jinping and prioritising a fair trade deal ahead of their upcoming South Korea meeting.

Trump posted nearly 500-word Truth Social post around 11 a.m. in New York on Friday threatening a “massive increase” of tariffs on goods from China.

Trump noted that farmers of the United States are being "hurt" as China, for "negotiating reasons", is not "buying" Soyabean and vowed to stand behind them.

President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping are preparing to meet at a summit in South Korea, even as Washington has yet to sign a trade agreement with Taiwan despite four rounds of discussions.

Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a live video message from Beijing that by 2035 his country would cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 7%-10% from its peak

Trump and Xi are due to speak at 9 a.m. Washington time, or 9 p.m. in Beijing about a framework agreement unveiled this week to shift control of TikTok’s US operations from its Chinese parent ByteDance Ltd. to a consortium of American investors.

Lula denounced what he called "tariff blackmail" as the South American giant deals with a 50 percent import charge imposed by US counterpart Donald Trump.

Putin’s comments came as he discussed the future of the Russia-India-China (RIC) format, first proposed by Moscow in 1998 to strengthen coordination among the three countries on global issues.

The parade on Wednesday marked the 80th anniversary of Japan’s surrender on September 2, 1945, which ended the Second World War. China was one of the Allied nations fighting Germany, Japan and Italy.

Trump's remark comes days after Xi hosted PM Modi and Putin at the SCO Summit in Tianjin where the three leaders displayed a show of unity, in a clear message to the Unied States amid the tariff war raged by the US President.

The exchange happened as the three leaders climbed Tiananmen Gate to watch a parade marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.