U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that Washington and Beijing were poised to "come away with" a trade deal ahead of his expected meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

Speaking aboard Air Force One en route to Japan from Malaysia, Trump added that he could sign a final deal on TikTok as early as Thursday.

"I have a lot of respect for President Xi, and we are going to come away with the deal," Trump said.

He began his whirlwind weeklong Asia trip on Sunday with a flurry of trade deals and a peace agreement aimed at strengthening his position before meeting Xi.

During his first stop in Malaysia, Trump signed separate trade and mineral agreements with his Malaysian and Cambodian counterparts, as well as frameworks for trade pacts with Thailand and Vietnam.

The four countries, pa

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