Gyeongju, South Korea – United States President Donald Trump says he expects to seal a “great deal” with China at his high-stakes meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

In a wide-ranging and rambling speech on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit on Wednesday, Trump said the expected trade deal would be good for both countries and “something very exciting for everybody”.

“That’s really a great result. That’s better than fighting and going through all sorts of problems,” Trump said in an address to a business luncheon on the sidelines of the APEC gathering in Gyeongju.

“No reason for it.”

Trump is scheduled to meet Xi on Thursday in the coastal city in southeastern South Korea in their first face-to-face encounter since the US president launched his

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