U.S. President Donald Trump holds the Malaysia and U.S. flags during a welcoming ceremony as he arrives at Kuala Lumpur International Airport to attend the 47th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia October 26, 2025. REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain/Pool

US-China trade tensions ease ahead of Trump-Xi meeting; both sides near deal amid global slowdown fears and rare earth disputes.

During his speech at the ASEAN Summit, Donald Trump praised the role of President Prabowo Subianto in the peace efforts between Gaza and Israel.

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will refrain from lecturing Donald Trump at a possible meeting this weekend in Malaysia and expects the same from him, an aide to Lula told AFP Friday.

The U.S. will exempt some products from tariffs in exchange for lower levies and purchases of U.S. goods across Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam.

President Trump is scheduled to attend the 47th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur on October 26-27, 2025, and stay for one night in Malaysia.

President Trump on Sunday signed a flurry of trade agreements and deals outlining cooperation on critical minerals with key Asian partners as he kicked off his trip to Asia. Trump arrived in Malaysia,