Trump and Xi shake hands
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping have greeted each other and shaken hands.
Trump said Xi was a “very tough negotiator and that’s not good”.
In the comment to reporters in Busan before the meeting got under way, the US president also said: “We have a great relationship.”
Asked if he planned to sign a trade deal, Trump said: “Could be.”
The Chinese president didn’t make any comments.
Key events
Just returning to the leaders’ preliminary remarks at the negotiating table in, Xi listed Trump’s foreign policy achievements, including including in Gaza and on the Thai-Cambodia border.
Xi said China had also been promoting peace talks.
China and the US can jointly shoulder our responsibility as major countries and work together to accomplish more great and concrete things for the good of our two countries and the whole world.
Helen Davidson
Trump and Xi are meeting in a tiny building on the Gimhae air base, in the coastal South Korean city of Busan.
The airport is a joint commercial and military facility, and security has been visibly ramped up around it in recent days, ahead of the arrival of Apec dignitaries.
Local media has reported high-level activity, including practice runs by police motorcades between the airport and hotels. While also a secure site, the airport seems to have been picked as the best way to fit into both leaders’ schedules.
Xi has just arrived for Apec, while Trump is about to fly out.
As the Trump-Xi meeting gets under way, here are some other images from the morning so far:
Here are some images of Donald Trump and Xi Jinping’s initial meeting just then before their talks began.
Xi says China and the US should be ‘partners and friends’
At the table for the talks Trump said that “Xi is a great leader of a great country, it is an honour to have you with us”.
Xi Jinping said it was a great pleasure to see Trump, adding:
Given our different national conditions we do not always see eye to eye and it is normal for the two leading economies of the world to have friction now and again.
You and I should stay the right course.
I always believe China’s development goes hand in hand with your vision to make America great again.
China and the US should be partners and friends.”
Trump said at the table in Busan after sitting down for the talks with Xi that “we’ve already agreed to a lot of things”.
He praised the Chinese president and said: “I think we’re going to have a fantastic relationship for a long period of time.”
Xi said through an interpreter that it “feels very warm to see you again as it’s been many years”.
Live vision is showing Trump and Xi at a large table for the talks, with their entourages beside them.
Trump and Xi shake hands
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping have greeted each other and shaken hands.
Trump said Xi was a “very tough negotiator and that’s not good”.
In the comment to reporters in Busan before the meeting got under way, the US president also said: “We have a great relationship.”
Asked if he planned to sign a trade deal, Trump said: “Could be.”
The Chinese president didn’t make any comments.
Live vision from Busan is showing Donald Trump and Xi Jinping shaking hands on a red carpet in front of US and China flags.
Trump-Xi meeting begins – reports
Xi Jinping is now meeting Donald Trump in Busan, Reuters has cited Chinese state media as saying.
We’ll bring you confirmation as soon as we get it.
As mentioned earlier, it’s the two leaders’ first meeting since 2019 and it comes amid hopes that they can hammer out a trade deal that will bring a truce in the blistering trade war between the world’s two largest economies.
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