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U.S. President Donald Trump volition conscionable Chinese President Xi Jinping adjacent week arsenic portion of a travel to Asia, the White House said connected Thursday (October 23, 2025), confirming the gathering which had been called into question pursuing an escalation successful commercialized tensions.
White House property caput Karoline Leavitt told reporters that Mr. Trump departs for Malaysia precocious connected Friday (October 24) nighttime and volition besides sojourn Japan and South Korea, wherever helium volition conscionable Mr. Xi adjacent Thursday aft addressing the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit.
“On Thursday greeting section time, President Trump volition enactment successful a bilateral gathering with President Xi of the People’s Republic of China, earlier departing to instrumentality home,” Ms. Leavitt said.
On Sunday (October 26), Mr. Trump volition conscionable Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and be a moving meal of leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, past alert to Tokyo connected Monday (October 27) to conscionable Japan’s caller Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi connected Tuesday (October 28).
On Wednesday (October 23), Mr. Trump flies to South Korea, wherever helium volition conscionable South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, present keynote remarks astatine a luncheon for CEOs connected the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit, and past enactment successful a U.S.-APEC leaders moving dinner.
A U.S.-China commercialized war, which had been simmering for months, exploded into afloat presumption successful aboriginal October, aft Beijing dramatically expanded curbs connected exports of rare-earth minerals.
Mr. Trump had rapidly threatened to retaliate with tariffs and different measures, but has successful caller days expressed optimism astir reaching a commercialized woody with China.
“I deliberation we’re going to travel retired precise well, and everyone’s going to beryllium precise happy,” Mr. Trump said of the gathering aboriginal connected Thursday.
Those comments person been successful opposition to much strident remarks from his apical commercialized negotiator and concern chief, who were headed to Asia connected Wednesday to support Mr. Trump’s gathering with Mr. Xi, the archetypal of his 2nd term, connected track.
Mr. Trump said the archetypal question helium would inquire the Chinese person would beryllium astir fentanyl.
Washington accuses Beijing of failing to curb the travel of precursor chemicals for fentanyl, a starring origin of U.S. overdose deaths. Beijing has defended its grounds and accused Washington of utilizing fentanyl to “blackmail” China.
The White House utilized the travel of the chemicals from China arsenic 1 justification for expanding tariffs connected Chinese goods.
“The archetypal question I’m going to beryllium asking him astir is fentanyl,” Trump said. “I’m putting it close astatine the beforehand of the list.”
