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(NewsNation) — President Donald Trump continued his three-country circuit of Asia connected Monday, landing successful Japan for meetings with Emperor Naruhito and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.
On this limb of the tour, the president is apt to tout Japan's $550 cardinal investment successful the United States.
Trump spent Sunday at a summit successful Malaysia and will caput adjacent to South Korea for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference.
The circuit is being intimately watched pursuing quality of a model for a commercialized woody betwixt the U.S. and China, acceptable to beryllium discussed and finalized erstwhile Presidents Trump and Xi Jinping meet successful South Korea connected Thursday.
If a woody is reached, millions of Americans successful the agriculture, manufacturing and tech sectors would apt consciousness the effects. The commercialized statement could assistance debar 100% tariffs connected Chinese goods, acceptable to instrumentality effect Nov. 1.
President Donald Trump is directed by Japanese Emperor Naruhito during their gathering astatine the Imperial Palace connected Oct. 27, 2025, successful Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Kazuhiro Nogi - Pool/Getty Images)
Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi delivers a argumentation code astatine the bonzer league of parliament's little location Oct. 24, 2025, successful Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
President Donald Trump addresses during the ASEAN U.S. Summit successful Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, connected Oct. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian, Pool)
“We’re going to bash good with China, we’ll conscionable with President Xi successful South Korea, and I deliberation we’ll person a bully woody with them,” Trump said during the ASEAN acme connected Sunday. “They privation to marque a deal, and we privation to marque a deal.”
China's apical commercialized negotiator said reciprocal tariffs, fentanyl export controls and controls connected uncommon world minerals were each discussed successful Malaysia implicit the weekend.
"Both sides engaged successful constructive discussions. The United States was firm, portion China remained resolute successful safeguarding its interests," Chinese commercialized typical Li Chenggang said successful part.
Trump has suggested that, aft the South Korea meeting, his adjacent face-to-face with Xi will take spot successful the U.S. — either successful Washington oregon Mar-a-Lago.
While it's lone meant to beryllium a three-stop tour, Trump said he's unfastened to extending his travel and heading to North Korea for a gathering with Kim Jong Un, though a alteration successful plans appeared improbable Monday morning.
NewsNation's Anna Kutz and Jordan Perkins contributed to this report.
