TOKYO: US President Donald Trump heads Wednesday for South Korea, where a key meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping could produce a truce in the blistering trade war between the world’s two largest economies. Trump’s two-day visit to key US ally South Korea is the third leg of a trip to Asia that has seen him lauded at a regional summit in Malaysia and flattered as a “peacemaker” by Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. But the eyes of the world will be on a meeting set for Thursday — the first time in six years Trump sits down with Xi.

Trump's first return to the region during his second term as president kicked off in Malaysia on Sunday. The highlight of the trip is expected to be South Korea, where Trump will…

Talks on Thursday will centre on tariffs as Trump seeks to end a bruising trade war with Beijing, while Taiwan and Russia are also likely to be discussed