Donald Trump Xi Jinping Meeting Live Updates: Trump reduces fentanyl tariff on China to 10% from 20%
Donald Trump Xi Jinping Meeting Live Updates: The face-to-face talks, their first since Trump’s return to office, come on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit.
US President Donald Trump, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands before their meeting at Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, Oct 30. (AP Photo)
Trump-Xi trade deal live: The meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping has concluded, lasting longer than scheduled. It reportedly ran for one hour and forty minutes. The two leaders met in Busan, South Korea today to ease tensions after months of tariff threats and export restrictions that have unsettled global markets. Trump said he “could sign trade deal today”, and that the leaders “have already agreed to a lot of things,” as reported by Reuters.The face-to-face talks, their first since Trump’s return to office, come on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. According to AP, both leaders are seeking to prevent further economic fallout from their renewed trade war, which has seen China limit rare earth exports and Trump threaten 100 per cent tariffs on Chinese goods.
Conclusions of the meeting: US President Donald Trump said he has reduced the tariff on fentanyl from 20 per cent to 10 per cent following the meeting. He also stated that China will continue exporting rare earths. “There will be no roadblocks,” Trump said. He also announced that US tariffs imposed on China will be reduced by 10 percentage points, from 57 percent to 47 percent. The US president added that he will be visiting China again in April. Chinese President said that trade teams of both the nations will constantly narrow down list of problems and extend list of cooperation, state media reported, according to Reuters. He also said that there are good prospects for cooperation in the fields of combating illegal immigration, telecom fraud, and money laundering.
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‘G2’ meeting:Analysts warn that the talks may deliver short-term stability rather than long-term solutions. “The proposed deal on the table fits the pattern we’ve seen all year: short-term stabilisation dressed up as strategic progress,” said Craig Singleton of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, as quoted by AP. Trump has dubbed the session the “G2” meeting, mentioning the US and China’s global economic clout.
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Oct 30, 2025 09:26 PM IST
Donald Trump-Xi Jinping Meeting Live Updates: Nvidia CEO 'confident' Trump, Xi had a good meeting
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said on Thursday he was confident that US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping had a good conversation during a meeting in South Korea earlier in the day.
Huang was speaking as he arrived at a restaurant in Seoul with Samsung Electronics Chairman Jay Y. Lee and Hyundai Motor Group Executive Chair Euisun Chung.
He said he was looking forward to meeting South Korea's president on Friday and that his company and the country had many announcements to make. (Reuters)
Oct 30, 2025 01:11 PM IST
Donald Trump-Xi Jinping Meeting Live Updates: China indicates 'open attitude' towards military relations with US
Soon after the meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, The Chinese defence ministry issued a statement indicating closer US-China cooperation in future. The Chinese defence ministry said that Beijing would keep "an open attitude" towards the development of the military relations between the two nations.
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Oct 30, 2025 01:09 PM IST
Donald Trump Xi Jinping Meeting Live Updates: China, US agree to extend trade truce for one year
China and the US have agreed to extend their temporary trade truce for another year as part of an agreement they reached after top economic officials met in Malaysia last week, China's commerce ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
China will suspend related export control measures against the US it announced on October 9 for one year, as well as its relevant measures against the US regarding shipping once the United States' suspension begins, the ministry said.
Consensus was also reached between China and the US on issues including fentanyl and the expansion of agricultural product trade, it said.
Both sides will also properly resolve issues related to TikTok, the ministry said.
-Reuters
Oct 30, 2025 01:06 PM IST
Donald Trump Xi Jinping Meeting Live Updates: China hopes US will stick to moratorium on nuclear arms testing
China hopes the United States will abide by its commitment to a moratorium on nuclear testing and obligations under a test ban treaty, the foreign ministry said on Thursday.
Responding to a query about U.S. President Donald Trump resuming nuclear weapons testing, ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said China hoped the United States would uphold the global strategic balance and stability.
-Reuters
Oct 30, 2025 01:02 PM IST
Donald Trump Xi Jinping Meeting Live Updates: China and US have come to an agreement
US and China have reached to a consensus on 'major trade issues.' World's top two economies have agreed on "almost everything." China has offered no details yet, about the discussion with Trump.
Xi said that he is interested in working with US President Trump to set up strong China-US relationship. He also agreed to the fact that friction between such big economies is normal. Both sides showed great interest in improving the ties between them by resolving issues.
Oct 30, 2025 12:11 PM IST
Donald Trump Xi Jinping Meeting Live Updates: China has agreed to export rare earth metals, says Trump
US president said that China has agreed to export 17 rare earth elements as a part of a one-year agreement and expects an extension of the deal later.
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Donald Trump Xi Jinping Meeting Live Updates: 'Will narrow down problems, extend cooperation', says China's Xi
Hours after meeting with US President ended, Chinese President Xi Jinping said that economic and trade teams of both the countries to constantly narrow down list of problems and extend list of cooperation, state media reported, according to Reuters.
He also said that there are good prospects for cooperation in the fields of combating illegal immigration, telecom fraud, and money laundering.
Oct 30, 2025 10:45 AM IST
Donald Trump Xi Jinping Meeting Live Updates: Trump says appropriate for US to test nuclear arms to keep up with others
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that it was appropriate for the US to resume testing nuclear weapons to ensure it keeps up with other nuclear powers.
Trump also told reporters that nuclear test sites would be determined later.
-Reuters
Oct 30, 2025 10:33 AM IST
Donald Trump Xi Jinping Meeting Live Updates: 'We have a deal', says Trump
US President Donald Trump said that the US has a one-year trade pact with China that will be routinely extended. "We have a deal"
Oct 30, 2025 10:32 AM IST
Donald Trump Xi Jinping Meeting Live Updates: 'No talks on Taiwan', says Trump
After concluding his meeting with Xi, US President Donald Trump said that there were no talks on Taiwan.
Oct 30, 2025 10:28 AM IST
Donald Trump Xi Jinping Meeting Live Updates: 'No more roadblocks on rare earths, says Trump
An official travelling with US President Donald Trump said that China will continue the exports of rare earths.
"No more roadblocks on rare earths," said Trump.
Oct 30, 2025 10:27 AM IST
Donald Trump Xi Jinping Meeting Live Updates: Trump reduces tariffs on China by 10%
US President Donald Trump after meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping said that the tariffs on China have been reduced by 10 per cent, effective immediately.
Trump had earlier imposed 57 per cent tariffs on China, which is now reduced to 47.
Oct 30, 2025 09:48 AM IST
Donald Trump Xi Jinping Meeting Live Updates: ‘Trade teams have reached basic consensus’, Xi says in South Korea talks with Trump
Chinese President Xi Jinping said that their and US President Donald Trump’s “trade teams have reached basic consensus” as the two leaders met in South Korea on Thursday for high-stakes talks aimed at easing months of trade friction. Xi also said the two countries “will have a fantastic relationship for a long time,” Reuters reported, citing China’s state news agency Xinhua.
The meeting, held at a South Korean air base in the port city of Busan, was their first face-to-face encounter since Trump’s return to the White House in January and took place on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit.
Oct 30, 2025 09:36 AM IST
Donald Trump Xi Jinping Meeting Live Updates: Trump boards Air Force One
Trump boards Air Force One after meeting with Chinese counterpart Xi ends.
Xi has gotten into a limousine and it is being driven away.
The meeting reportedly lasted one hour and 40 minutes.
VIDEO | US President Donald Trump (@POTUS) departs from Busan, South Korea, after meeting his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. #donaldtrump#usa#china
Donald Trump Xi Jinping Meeting Live Updates: Meeting between two leaders end
Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump have ended their meeting in South Korea, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said on Thursday.
The leaders of the world's two largest economies held talks for about an hour and 40 minutes, CCTV said.
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Oct 30, 2025 08:31 AM IST
Donald Trump Xi Jinping Meeting Live Updates: Leaders now in a closed door meet
The leaders are now engaging in a close door meeting.
Questions were asked in the meeting regarding nuclear tests, Trump didn't answer, said thank you very much.
Oct 30, 2025 08:17 AM IST
Donald Trump Xi Jinping Meeting Live Updates: 'Trade teams have reached common consensus', says Xi
Chinese President Xi Jinping Thursday said that their trade teams have reached "basic consensus" on addressing our basic concerns.
Oct 30, 2025 08:13 AM IST
Donald Trump Xi Jinping Meeting Live Updates: Xi says him and Trump should guide direction of ties
Chinese Xi Thursday in a meeting with US President Donald Trump said that the two leaders should guide the direction of ties, state media Xinhua reported.
Oct 30, 2025 08:08 AM IST
Donald Trump Xi Jinping Meeting Live Updates: Trump accompanied by US Secy of State Marco Rubio; Xi with Wang Yi
US President Donald Trump is joined by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, WH Chief of Staff Susie Wiles.
Chinese Xi Jinping is accompanied by Wang Yi.
Oct 30, 2025 08:04 AM IST
Donald Trump Xi Jinping Meeting Live Updates: Trump calls XI 'tough negotiator', says 'could' sign a deal
US President Donald Trump met face-to-face with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday, offering the leaders of the world’s two largest economies an opportunity to steady relations after months of trade tensions. Trump’s renewed use of tariffs since returning to the White House for a second term, along with China’s retaliatory restrictions on rare earth exports, has heightened the importance of the talks.
“We’re going to have a very successful meeting, I have no doubt,” Trump said as he and Xi shook hands. The US president described Xi as a “very tough negotiator,” adding that while a formal deal “could” be signed, the two leaders already share a “great understanding” of one another.
(With inputs from AP)
Oct 30, 2025 08:01 AM IST
Donald Trump Xi Jinping Meeting Live Updates: Trump, Xi meeting part of Gimhae Air Base
The building where the two leaders are meeting is part of the Gimhae Air Base, a South Korean air base that sits at the edge of the Gimhae International Airport.
Oct 30, 2025 07:58 AM IST
Donald Trump Xi Jinping Meeting Live Updates: 'He is a very tough negotiator', says Trump
US President Donald Trump in a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping said that he is sure that the meeting between them is going to be very successful.
Trump added that "he is a very tough negotiator and that's not good."
"We’ll have a great understanding we’ve always had a great relationship."
Oct 30, 2025 07:55 AM IST
Donald Trump Xi Jinping Meeting Live Updates: 'Looking forward to exchanging views', says Xi Jinping
Chinese President Xi Jinping Thursday said he looks forward to exchanging views with you on questions important for our two countries.
Oct 30, 2025 07:54 AM IST
Donald Trump Xi Jinping Meeting Live Updates: Trump says trade deal with China could be signed on Thursday
US President Donald Trump said a trade deal with China could be signed on Thursday, as he met his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in South Korea.
Trump said he expected the two leaders to have a successful meeting and cast the Chinese president as a tough negotiator.
-Reuters
Oct 30, 2025 07:52 AM IST
Donald Trump Xi Jinping Meeting Live Updates: 'I appreciate your contribution to Gaza ceasefire', says XI
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday told US President Donald Trump, “I appreciate your great contribution to the recent Gaza ceasefire.”
Oct 30, 2025 07:25 AM IST
Donald Trump Xi Jinping Meeting Live Updates: Xi Jinping arrives in Busan
Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in South Korea's Busan city, Reuters reported citing Chinese state media.
Oct 30, 2025 05:11 AM IST
Donald Trump Xi Jinping Meeting Live Updates: Trump suggests he may negotiate with Xi over exports of Nvidia AI chip
A leading Republican voice in Congress on China policy said on Wednesday that selling Nvidia's best AI chip to China "would be akin (to) giving Iran weapons grade uranium", as experts argued it would shrink the American advantage in artificial intelligence.
House Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar said in a post on X that he told the administration, "we cannot sell the latest advanced AI chips to our country's primary adversary."
His comment came after President Donald Trump opened the door on Wednesday to Nvidia selling a lesser version of its Blackwell AI chip to China.
U.S. trade experts said giving China the chips could effectively spell the end of U.S. chip export restrictions, which were put in place in 2022 to make sure Beijing's military would not benefit from American technology, and to slow the development of China's AI efforts.
"If we decide to export B30As, it would dramatically shrink the U.S.'s main advantage it currently has over China in AI," said Tim Fist, co-author of an analysis of the impact of allowing China the B30A chip, a downgraded version of Nvidia's state-of-the-art Blackwell chip.
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and 11 Democratic senators also urged Trump on Wednesday to not lift restrictions on AI chips and American technology in pursuit of a trade deal.
— Reuters
Oct 29, 2025 11:02 PM IST
Donald Trump Xi Jinping Meeting Live Updates: Willing to make joint efforts with US to work for positive outcomes: China
Guo Jiakun, the spokesperson of China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said Beijing is willing to make joint efforts with the US side to work for positive outcomes of this meeting, which will provide new guidance and impetus for the stable development of bilateral relations.
Oct 29, 2025 10:22 PM IST
Donald Trump Xi Jinping Meeting Live Updates: Deal to put TikTok under US ownership could be finalized in South Korea
The Trump administration has been signalling it may have finally reached a deal with China to keep TikTok running in the US. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CBS’s “Face the Nation” that Trump and Xi will “consummate that transaction on Thursday in Korea.”
