Trump says tariffs will be cut after 'amazing' meeting with Xi

Donald Trump has described important commercialized talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping arsenic "amazing" - and says helium volition sojourn Beijing successful April.

The leaders of the world's 2 biggest economies met successful South Korea arsenic they tried to defuse increasing tensions - with some countries imposing assertive tariffs connected exports since the president's 2nd word began.

Catch up connected Trump-Xi meeting

Aboard Air Force One, Mr Trump confirmed tariffs connected Chinese goods exported to the US volition beryllium reduced, which could beryllium much-needed alleviation to consumers.

It was besides agreed that Beijing volition enactment "hard" to halt fentanyl flowing into the US.

Semiconductor chips were different contented raised during their 100-minute meeting, but the president admitted definite issues weren't discussed.

"On a standard of 1 to 10, the gathering with Xi was 12," helium told reporters en way backmost to the US.

Xi a 'tough negotiator', says Trump

The talks reason a whirlwind sojourn crossed Asia - with Mr Trump saying helium was "too busy" to spot Kim Jong Un.

However, the president said helium would beryllium consenting to alert backmost to spot the North Korean leader, with a presumption to discussing denuclearisation.

Mr Trump had predicted negotiations with his Chinese counterpart would past for 3 oregon 4 hours - but their gathering ended successful little than two.

The brace shook hands earlier the summit, with the US president quipping: "He's a pugnacious negotiator - and that's not good!"

It marks the archetypal face-to-face gathering betwixt some men since 2019 - backmost successful Mr Trump's archetypal term.

There were signs that Beijing had extended an olive subdivision to Washington up of the talks, with confirmation China volition commencement buying US soybeans again.

American farmers person been feeling the pinch since China stopped making purchases earlier this twelvemonth - not slightest due to the fact that the state was their biggest overseas market.

Chinese stocks reached a 10-year precocious aboriginal connected Thursday arsenic investors digested their meeting, with the yuan rallying to a one-year precocious against the US dollar.

Analysis: A fascinating powerfulness play

Sky News Asia analogous Helen-Ann Smith - who is successful Busan wherever the talks took spot - said it was fascinating to spot the powerfulness play betwixt some satellite leaders.

She said: "Trump moved rapidly to predominate the abstraction - leaning in, doing each the talking, adjacent responding precise concisely to a fewer thrown questions.

"That didn't gully truthful overmuch arsenic an eyebrow rise from his counterpart, who was wholly inscrutable. Xi does not similar oregon respond good to unscripted moments, Trump lives for them."

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On Truth Social, Mr Trump had described the acme arsenic a gathering of the "G2" - a motion to America and China's presumption arsenic the world's 2 biggest economies.

While en way to spot President Xi, helium besides revealed that the US "Department of War" has present been ordered to commencement investigating atomic weapons for the archetypal clip since 1992.