US President Donald Trump will meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in South Korea on 30 October on the sidelines of a summit in Asia, the White House has confirmed. The meeting between Xi and Trump has been in the works for weeks but was called into question as tensions between the world's two largest economies continued to rise.

Leavitt said that on Monday morning local time, Trump will fly to Tokyo followed by a bilateral meeting with Sanae Takaichi, the new prime minister of Japan. Trump will then fly to Buscan, where he will participate in a bilateral meeting with Lee Jae Myung, the president of South Korea, Leavitt said.

US President Donald Trump has said that during his upcoming meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, he plans to raise the issue of Russian aggression against Ukraine and ways to resolve it. Quote: "One of the things we will talk about is Russia and Ukraine.

The confirmation of a Trump-Xi meeting signaled an intent to de-escalate tensions and put negotiations back on track, analysts said.

US President Donald Trump said he would use an upcoming meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping to push for the release of Jimmy Lai, after a group of US lawmakers urged him to appeal for the Hong Kong media mogul’s release.

Trump’s uncertainty over a planned Xi Jinping meeting caused Bitcoin to drop before rebounding toward the $113,000 level.

As the two leaders prepare for rare meeting, analysts doubt US leader’s intuition can sway China’s calculated strategist.

No one can agree on what a likely meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping will mean for China’s sputtering stock market.