US President Donald Trump arrived in South Korea for summits with President Lee Jae Myung and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the APEC gathering. The meetings could shape new trade frameworks amid renewed US-China tensions and speculation of a Kim Jong-un meeting.
The US is keen to finalise a trade deal with South Korea once Seoul accepts “appropriate” commitments, a senior official said. The two nations are negotiating terms of a $350 billion investment pledge ahead of the Trump-Lee summit in Korea.
US President Donald Trump, during his first summit with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, renewed hopes of meeting North Korea’s Kim Jong-un this year. He pushed for renewed diplomacy, floated US base land ownership, discussed trade, shipbuilding, and trilateral cooperation