US President Donald Trump says he hopes to add a trade deal with China to a slew of pacts he has already struck during a visit to Asia, with a royal welcome in Tokyo next on his agenda.

Trump, on his longest journey abroad since taking office in January, announced deals with four Southeast Asian countries during the first stop in Malaysia and will conclude his trip at a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday.

Negotiators from the world's top two economies hashed out a framework on Sunday for a deal to pause steeper American tariffs and Chinese rare earths export controls, US officials said - news that drove Asian stocks to record peaks.

Trump's Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who was among the travelling delegation, said the overall framework of a deal with South Korea w

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