Follow live updates as President Donald Trump continues his three-country Asia tour with a final stop in South Korea, where he's meeting with China's Xi Jinping.

The U.S. will share closely held technology to allow South Korea to build a nuclear-powered submarine, President Donald Trump said ahead of a meeting with China’s leader Xi Jinping.

US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping held a high-stakes meeting on Thursday that appears to have put both countries on the path to a trade deal. Trump told reporters onboard Air Force 1 after the talks that the meeting was "a great success" and the US would sign a deal with China "pretty soon".

World leaders kicked off the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit on Friday, with Chinese President Xi Jinping taking the spotlight to address global trade uncertainties.

Chinese President Xi Jinping offered these words to President Trump before their private meeting on Thursday in South Korea: PRESIDENT XI JINPING (through translator): President Trump, it is a great pleasure for me as well to meet you.

Trump and Xi Jinping meet as the soybean trade war devastates U.S. farmers. China's tariffs shifted $30 billion crop exports to Brazil, hitting rural America hard.

Trump sparked confusion on Wednesday when he unexpectedly announced in a Truth Social post that the US would resume nuclear testing after a 33-year hiatus just minutes before his summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea.