China confirmed that President Xi Jinping will meet U.S. President Donald Trump in South Korea on Thursday, setting up a widely anticipated encounter that traders and investors on both sides of the Pacific hope will ease months of trade tensions.

"We're going to have a vey successful meeting, I have no doubt," President Trump said while shaking hands with China's Xi Jinping. "But he's a very tough negotiator. That's not good."

North Korea says it has fired sea-to-surface cruise missiles into its western waters, in another display of its growing military capabilities as U.S. President Donald Trump travels to South Korea for

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shakes hands in June 2019 with President Donald Trump at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone. (Susan Walsh/AP) President Donald Trump’s unorthodox method of foreign policy — centered on personal relationships and eschewing the exacting preparation that historically goes into high-stakes summitry — has produced surprising diplomatic breakthroughs.

US President Donald Trump said he didn’t expect to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during his trip through Asia, despite previously suggesting he was open to coordinating a summit.

U.S. President Donald Trump made repeated invitations to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as he prepared to visit South Korea this week, with officials in Seoul serving as his cheerleaders. Publicly,

The United States and South Korea advanced trade talks on Wednesday, addressing details of $350 billion that would be invested in the American economy, after negotiations and ceremonies that included the presentation of a gold medal and crown to President Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump landed in South Korea ahead of a high-stakes meeting with China’s Xi Jinping, warning he would impose an additional 100% tariff on Chinese imports if no trade deal is reached.