AIR FORCE ONE/TOKYO (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S. and China are set to “come away with” a trade deal, as he is expected to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping later this week in South Korea during his Asia tour.
“I’ve got a lot of respect for President Xi and I think we’re going to come away with a deal”, Trump told reporters on Air Force One en route to Japan from Malaysia.
“We have China coming and its going to be very interesting.”
Trump added he might sign a final deal on TikTok on Thursday.
(Reporting by Satoshi Sugiyama and Anton Bridge; Writing by Kantaro Komiya; Editing by Jacqueline Wong and Kim Coghill)
