Chinese President Xi is expected to meet with Trump at 11am South Korea time Thursday, 30 October 2025
- 0200 GMT (Thursday)
- 2200 US Eastern time (Wednesday)
The meeting is expected to go for around three to four hours.
- prior negotiations took place between underlings in Malaysia
- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent a framework around trade was agreed
- Trump and Xi will be in a position to finalise the deal
- a truce is expected, deadlines to be extended
- given we have had two of these 'deals' already since Trump took office any agreement is likely to be only temporary, short-term
Earlier:
- Senate Democrats warn Trump: Don’t trade away national security secrets for China deal
- Trump trading away top AI and associated technology for soybean sales is a key risk
