"I guess on the scale from 0 to 10, with ten being the best, I would say the meeting was a 12," Trump said. "I think it was a 12."

Trump anticipates a productive meeting with Xi in South Korea, aiming to address trade tensions and tariff reductions.

The bilat with President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping comes just as a recent flare-up in U.S.-China trade relations has appeared to calm down.