US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping met face-to-face on Thursday in Busan, South Korea, on the sidelines of the APEC Summit. This high-stakes meeting, the first between the two presidents in six years (since Trump’s first term in 2019), was an effort to de-escalate months of trade tensions and restore stability between the world’s two largest economies.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!Key Highlights from the Meeting:
- Trump’s Optimism: President Trump, who returned to office in January, was highly optimistic. He told reporters: “We know each other very well, we have a great relationship. Good to see him again. We could sign a trade deal today.” He also called Xi Jinping a “very tough negotiator” and a “great leader of a great country,” predicting a “great relationship for a very long time.”
- Xi’s Acknowledgment of Differences: On his part, the Chinese President noted that the two nations “don’t always see eye to eye, but this was normal.”
- Praise for US Diplomacy: Xi Jinping notably praised his American counterpart for the US-brokered Gaza peace deal and the breakthrough in the Thailand-Cambodia conflict.
The meeting was a critical step in easing geopolitical and economic friction.
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