By Théophane Hartmann

( EurActiv ) — US President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that he will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, scheduled for 31 October–1 November in Seoul.

This marks the first gesture of appeasement since the US launched a trade war in April that was met with a confrontational stance from China, hitting both economies. It would also be the first meeting between the leaders of the world’s two largest economies since 2019, during Trump’s first term.

The two leaders are expected to discuss their ongoing trade war, the fentanyl crisis – which Trump links to illegal Chinese shipments to the United States – Russia’s war in Ukraine, and the approval of the sale of TikTok’s US operations, according to a post b

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