U.S. President Donald Trump might go to China earlier than going to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit between October 30 and November 1, or he may meet Chinese chief Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the APEC occasion in South Korea, the South China Morning Post reported on Sunday (July 20, 2025), citing a number of sources. The two international locations have been making an attempt to barter an finish to an escalating tit-for-tat tariff warfare that has upended world commerce and provide chains.
Mr. Trump has sought to impose tariffs on U.S. importers for nearly all international items, which he says will stimulate home manufacturing and which critics say will as a substitute make many shopper items dearer for Americans.
He has known as for a common base tariff charge of 10% on items imported from all international locations, with larger charges for imports from essentially the most “problematic” ones, together with China: imports from there now have the best tariff charge of 55%.
Mr. Trump has set a deadline of August 12 for the U.S. and China to achieve a sturdy tariffs settlement.
A spokesperson for Mr. Trump didn’t reply to a request for remark concerning the reported plans for a gathering with Mr. Xi in the autumn.
