president donald trump Heading to Asia for the first time this semester on Friday night, he is expected to make investment deals and peaceful efforts Then came a face-to-face meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping to try to de-escalate the trade war.
“We have a lot to talk to President Xi and he has a lot to talk to us,” Trump told reporters as he left the White House. “I think we’ll have a nice meeting.”
The president’s long-haul flight will arrive in Malaysia on Sunday morning, the first leg of a three-nation sprint.
His trip was in the United States Government shutdown continues to drag on. Many federal workers are set to lose their first full paychecks this week, and states are facing the possibility that federal food aid may dry up as already-strapped air traffic controllers work without pay, disrupting flights. The deadlock shows no sign of breaking as Republicans reject Democratic demands for health care funding, but Trump appears to be continuing with business as usual, including his travels abroad.
“America has shut down and the president is fleeing town,” Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said in a statement late Friday.
Trump’s first stop was a regional summit in Kuala Lumpur. Trump has attended only one annual Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in his first term, but this year comes as Malaysia and the United States have been grappling with an issue Conflict between Thailand and Cambodia.
On Sunday, he plans to meet Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar IbrahimA joint signing ceremony was then held with the Prime Ministers of Thailand and Cambodia.
Trump earlier this year threatened to cancel trade deals with the countries if they did not stop fighting, and his administration has since been working with Malaysia to finalize an expanded ceasefire.
U.S. leaders on Sunday There may be an important meeting and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvawho wants to see the U.S. cut 40% tariffs on Brazilian imports. The U.S. government justified the tariffs by citing criminal prosecutions against Brazil. Former President Jair Bolsonaro —Trump allies.
Exceed On trade, Lula also criticized the U.S. on Friday. military strike campaign off the coast of South America in the name of fighting drug trafficking. He said he planned to raise concerns with Trump at a meeting in Malaysia on Sunday. The White House has not publicly confirmed that the meeting will take place.
After Malaysia, Trump visited Japan and South Korea
After that, Trump will travel to Japan and South Korea, where he is expected to make progress Negotiating at least $900 billion in investment The countries pledged U.S. factories and other projects in exchange for lowering Trump’s planned tariff rate from 25% to 15%.
The trip to Tokyo comes a week after Japan elected its first female prime minister. Gao Yi Sanao. Trump will meet with Takaichi, a protege of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Trump had a close relationship with Abe, who was assassinated after leaving office.
A senior U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly said Trump is expected to be hosted by Japan’s Emperor Naruhito while in Japan and meet with U.S. troops stationed in the country.
In South Korea, Trump is expected to hold a much-anticipated meeting with China’s Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the summit. Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.
While the APEC summit will be held in Gyeongju, the Trump-Xi meeting is expected to be held in Busan, according to U.S. officials.
The meeting is as follows months of fluctuations The trade war between China and the United States has had an impact on the global economy.
Trump was furious earlier this month after Beijing imposed new export controls on rare earths used in technology and threatened to hike retaliatory tariffs to sky-high prices. He has expressed hope that China will buy U.S. soybeans. However, earlier this week, Trump was optimistic, predicting he would reach a “great deal” with Xi.
The only meeting that could overshadow the Xi Jinping summit would be an impromptu reunion with Xi Jinping North Korean leader Kim Jong Woo. Since South Korean Unification Minister Chung Dong-young took office, various speculations have been rife Tell lawmakers this month it’s possible Trump may meet with Kim Jong Un again demilitarized zoneJust as he did in 2019.
But such a meeting is not on the president’s agenda for the trip, according to the U.S. official.