Trump meets 'great friend' Xi Jinping amid bid for trade truce | Watch

United States President Donald Trump met his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in a much awaited meeting in South Korea on Thursday morning (local time) on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit.

Both the leaders shook hands as they met, shared smile and posed for cameras.

“We're going to have a very successful meeting, I have no doubt,” said Donald Trump.

“But he is a very tough negotiator, that's not good,” Trump added.

Later, as the meeting between the two leaders along with their teams kickstarted, Trump called Xi Jinping a “friend" of his "for a long time now".

“The very very distinguished and respected President of China and we will be having some discussions, I think we have already agreed to a lot of things and we will agree to some more right now. But President Xi is a great leader of a great country and I think we're going to have a fantastic relationship for a long period of time — and it's an honor to have you with us,” the US President said.

Source: HindustanTimes
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