U.S. President Donald Trump shows a signed executive order on a deal that would divest TikTok's U.S. operations from ByteDance from its Chinese owner ByteDance, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 25, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

AIR FORCE ONE/TOKYO (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S. and China are set to "come away with" a trade deal, as he is expected to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping later this week in South Korea during his Asia tour.

"I've got a lot of respect for President Xi and I think we're going to come away with a deal", Trump told reporters on Air Force One en route to Japan from Malaysia.

"We have China coming and its going to be very interesting."

Trump added he might sign a final deal on TikTok on Thursday.

(Reporting by Satoshi Sugiyama and Anton Bridge; Writing by Kantaro Komiya; Editing by Jacqueline Wong and Kim Coghill)