President Donald Trump concluded a five-day visit to eastern Asia with a high-stakes meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday that contrasted sharply with the lavish receptions he received in Malaysia, Japan and South Korea. The earlier stops featured ceremonial honors and substantial trade agreements, with South Korea awarding Trump its highest medal and Japan pledging 550 billion dollars in American investments while proposing him for the Nobel Peace Prize.
The Thursday session in Busan stripped away diplomatic fanfare as the leaders negotiated tariff reductions and trade concessions across a plain table at a military facility near the airport. Trump lowered American duties while China agreed to ease mineral export restrictions and resume purchasing agricultural goods. Both nations acknowledged the need to reduce economic tensions between the world's largest economies.
The Thursday session in Busan stripped away diplomatic fanfare as the leaders negotiated tariff reductions and trade concessions across a plain table at a military facility near the airport. Trump lowered American duties while China agreed to ease mineral export restrictions and resume purchasing agricultural goods. Both nations acknowledged the need to reduce economic tensions between the world's largest economies.
