How Xi Walked Away From Trump Trade Talks Looking Stronger
By withholding soybean purchases and rare-earth exports, China extracted relief from U.S. tariffs and delayed export controls, without conceding much in return.
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Trump Meets China’s Xi
President Trump and China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, shook hands in Busan, South Korea, on Thursday.
U.S. Military Kills Four More People Accused of Smuggling Drugs on Boats
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the latest strike took place on Wednesday in the eastern Pacific. It came two days after the deadliest set of strikes in the weekslong campaign in Latin America.
Chinese Officials Heap Praise on Trump and Xi Before They Meet
President Trump and the Chinese leader Xi Jinping are being described as “irreplaceable” and “world class leaders” before a meeting seen as critical for shoring up a trade truce.
As Trump Weighs Sale of Advanced A.I. Chips to China, Critics Sound Alarm
The president signaled he would discuss the sale of Nvidia’s Blackwell chips in a summit on Thursday, a move U.S. officials warned would be a “massive” national security mistake.
How Japan’s New Prime Minister Bonded With Trump
President Trump met with Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, on Tuesday. Javier C. Hernández, The Times’s Tokyo bureau chief, looks at their chemistry, given the friendship Mr. Trump had with her mentor, the slain former Prime Minister Shinzo A…
Feted as a Peacemaker in South Korea, Trump Vows to End Hostilities With North Korea
President Trump lamented not being able to speak with Mr. Kim, the North Korean leader, but vowed to end the decades of hostilities between the two Koreas.
U.S. Says It Will Cut Troops in Eastern Europe
About 700 troops are expected to be withdrawn as Trump administration officials shift resources to the Indo-Pacific region.
As China and U.S. Split Over Energy, Korea Is Stuck in the Middle
It needs the United States for defense and has spent billions building factories in America. But a Trump trade deal this week with China could erase a Korean edge in the U.S. market.
Trump, in South Korea for Summit, Receives a Medal and a Crown
President Lee Jae Myung of South Korea gave President Trump a national medal and a replica of an ancient crown. Crowds gathered outside the Gyeongju National Museum to protest Mr. Trump’s visit.