President Donald Trump headed for Asia Friday night for the first time this term, a trip where he’s expected to work on investment deals and peace efforts before meeting face-to-face with Chinese President Xi Jinping to try to deescalate a trade war.

President Trump’s visit shows how the United States and China are vying for influence in Asia over trade, technology and the fate of Taiwan.

Trump's Asia summit tour includes meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping and other regional leaders as trade tensions with Beijing escalate.

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One of the issues... - is the relationship between Russia and Ukraine," Trump said. He added that 7,000 people die weekly in this war, emphasizing that "we will definitely discuss it." "He (Xi Jinping - ed.) also wants this to end," the US president said.

Hi, this is Philip Glamann in Beijing, where the questions on everyone’s minds are whether Chinese leader Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump will actually meet next week and if they do, what will come of their talks.

Tensions between the U.S. and China escalated in the weeks leading to a possible meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.