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Trump, Xi to hold high-stakes meet aimed at easing tariff tensions | World News

insidetrack IndiaOctober 30, 2025

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President Donald Trump, left, poses for a photo with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. (AP Photo/File)

With US President Donald Trump set to meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in South Korea today, all eyes will be on the two world leaders coming face-to-face after six long years amid escalating tariff tensions between their nations.

Ahead of the meet, Trump said that he expects to seal a ‘great deal’ with China at his high-stakes meeting with Xi. The expected trade deal would be good for both countries and “something very exciting for everybody”, Trump said while speaking on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit.
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Trump’s aggressive use of tariffs since his comeback for a second Presidential term in the US against China’s retaliatory limits on the exports of rare earth elements have made the meeting a high-stakes one.

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