Chinese President Xi is expected to meet with Trump at 11am South Korea time Thursday

Chinese President Xi is expected to meet with Trump at 11am South Korea time Thursday, 30 October 2025

• 0200 GMT (Thursday)
• 2200 US Eastern time (Wednesday)

The meeting is expected to go for around three to four hours.

• prior negotiations took place between underlings in Malaysia
• Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent a framework around trade was agreed
• Trump and Xi will be in a position to finalise the deal
• a truce is expected, deadlines to be extended
• given we have had two of these ‘deals’ already since Trump took office any agreement is likely to be only temporary, short-term

Earlier:

• Senate Democrats warn Trump: Don’t trade away national security secrets for China deal
• Trump trading away top AI and associated technology for soybean sales is a key risk

This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at investinglive.com.