Gyeongju, South Korea | US President Donald Trump began the final leg of his Asia trip in South Korea on Wednesday, optimistic about striking a trade war truce with Chinese President Xi Jinping and advancing an unresolved tariff deal with South Korea’s Lee Jae-myung.
Arriving from Tokyo hours after North Korea test-fired a nuclear-capable cruise missile, Trump was treated to a lavish reception by President Lee in Gyeongju, a sleepy South Korean town hosting this year’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, before Thursday’s talks with Xi.
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Reuters