Trump says China's Xi has assured him that he won't take action on Taiwan during Republican's term

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President says that has given him assurances that Beijing would take no action toward its long-stated goal of unifying Taiwan with mainland China while the Republican leader is in office.

Trump said that the long-contentious issue of Taiwan did not come up in that largely focused on U.S.-China trade tensions. But the U.S. leader expressed certainty that China would not take action on Taiwan, while he's in office.