After meeting with Xi in South Korea on Thursday, Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that semiconductors had been discussed and that China is "going to be talking to Nvidia and others about taking chips," but added: "We're not talking about the Blackwell."
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Despite high expectations, Trump didn't discuss Nvidia's Blackwell chip with Xi
U.S. President Donald Trump may have teased that he could discuss Nvidia's (NVDA.O), opens new tab state-of-the-art artificial intelligence Blackwell chips with Chinese President Xi Jinping, but in the end, he said the topic didn't come up.
After meeting with Xi in South Korea on Thursday, Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that semiconductors had been discussed and that China is "going to be talking to Nvidia and others about taking chips," but added: "We're not talking about the Blackwell."
After meeting with Xi in South Korea on Thursday, Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that semiconductors had been discussed and that China is "going to be talking to Nvidia and others about taking chips," but added: "We're not talking about the Blackwell."
China eases rare earths curbs, US lessens tariffs following Xi-Trump summit in South Korea
Donald Trump has departed South Korea after a landmark meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, the US president indicating the two sides have come to an agreement on “almost everything.”
Trump says progress made: Speaking after concluding his three-stop tour of Asia, Trump said overall tariffs on Chinese goods would drop from 57% to 47%, due to progress on soybean imports, rare earths and fentanyl issues during the Xi talks. He also said he plans to visit Beijing in April. China will make “corresponding adjustments” to its trade war countermeasures, including pausing its new curbs on rare earth exports for one year, its commerce ministry said. The moves represent a reprieve in the escalating tariff war between the world’s two largest economies.
The Latest: Trump says he has deals with China after meeting Xi to try to solve trade tensions
President Donald Trump said he has made deals with China after a meeting Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday, the final day of a trip to Asia that was an opportunity for the leaders of the world’s two largest economies to stabilize relations after months of turmoil over trade issues.
The president told reporters aboard Air Force One that the U.S. would lower tariffs implemented earlier this year as punishment on China for its selling of chemicals used to make fentanyl from 20% to 10%. That brings the total combined tariff rate on China down from 57% to 47%
“I guess on the scale from 0 to 10 ... I would say the meeting was a 12,” Trump said aboard Air Force One as he returned to Washington after spending five days in three Asian countries. Their meeting lasted an hour and 40 minutes.
Trump’s aggressive use of tariffs since returning to the White House for a second term combined with China’s retaliatory limits on exports of rare earth elements had given the meeting newfound urgency.
The president told reporters aboard Air Force One that the U.S. would lower tariffs implemented earlier this year as punishment on China for its selling of chemicals used to make fentanyl from 20% to 10%. That brings the total combined tariff rate on China down from 57% to 47%
“I guess on the scale from 0 to 10 ... I would say the meeting was a 12,” Trump said aboard Air Force One as he returned to Washington after spending five days in three Asian countries. Their meeting lasted an hour and 40 minutes.
Trump’s aggressive use of tariffs since returning to the White House for a second term combined with China’s retaliatory limits on exports of rare earth elements had given the meeting newfound urgency.
Trump cuts tariffs on China after meeting Xi in South Korea
President Donald Trump described his face-to-face with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday as a roaring success, saying he would cut tariffs on China, while Beijing had agreed to allow the export of rare earth elements and start buying American soybeans.
The president told reporters aboard Air Force One that the U.S. would lower tariffs implemented earlier this year as punishment on China for its selling of chemicals used to make fentanyl from 20% to 10%. That brings the total combined tariff rate on China down from 57% to 47%
“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 said that he would go to China in April and Xi would come to the U.S. “some time after that.” The president said they also discussed the export of more advanced computer chips to China, saying that Nvidia would be in talks with Chinese officials.
The president told reporters aboard Air Force One that the U.S. would lower tariffs implemented earlier this year as punishment on China for its selling of chemicals used to make fentanyl from 20% to 10%. That brings the total combined tariff rate on China down from 57% to 47%
“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 said that he would go to China in April and Xi would come to the U.S. “some time after that.” The president said they also discussed the export of more advanced computer chips to China, saying that Nvidia would be in talks with Chinese officials.
What To Lam was trying to say and portray in London
In his new role as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, To Lam’s foreign trips increasingly resemble those of a head of government or a president rather than a party leader.
His official visit to the United Kingdom in late October made that distinction unmistakable. Amid Vietnam’s urgent need for external funding to sustain its ambitious 8.5% GDP growth target, To Lam is acting less like an ideological guardian and more like a pragmatic dealmaker, sent overseas to restore confidence, attract investment, and rebrand the regime’s global image.
Once known as a hardline security chief, he is now recasting himself as the ultimate power broker: the one who controls both the Party’s internal machinery and its external diplomacy.
His official visit to the United Kingdom in late October made that distinction unmistakable. Amid Vietnam’s urgent need for external funding to sustain its ambitious 8.5% GDP growth target, To Lam is acting less like an ideological guardian and more like a pragmatic dealmaker, sent overseas to restore confidence, attract investment, and rebrand the regime’s global image.
Once known as a hardline security chief, he is now recasting himself as the ultimate power broker: the one who controls both the Party’s internal machinery and its external diplomacy.
Vietnam’s BBC shame exposes a fearful, ruthless regime
On October 29, 2025, the BBC issued a statement expressing “deep concern” over the case of a Vietnamese journalist working for the British broadcaster who has been unable to leave Vietnam for months after authorities confiscated their passport and national ID card during a trip home to renew their travel documents.
According to a separate report by The New York Times, Vietnamese authorities have withheld the journalist’s passport since August, subjecting them to repeated and lengthy interrogations. The paper noted that the case “highlights the risks faced by Vietnamese nationals who work for international news outlets” in a country consistently ranked among the world’s most restrictive for press freedom. The journalist’s name was withheld for security reasons, including possible arrest in Vietnam in retribution for publicly exposing the case.
The BBC statement came just one day after Vietnamese Communist Party chief To Lam arrived in London for an official visit promoted by Vietnamese state media as a diplomatic milestone aimed at “enhancing cooperation and boosting Vietnam’s global reputation.”
According to a separate report by The New York Times, Vietnamese authorities have withheld the journalist’s passport since August, subjecting them to repeated and lengthy interrogations. The paper noted that the case “highlights the risks faced by Vietnamese nationals who work for international news outlets” in a country consistently ranked among the world’s most restrictive for press freedom. The journalist’s name was withheld for security reasons, including possible arrest in Vietnam in retribution for publicly exposing the case.
The BBC statement came just one day after Vietnamese Communist Party chief To Lam arrived in London for an official visit promoted by Vietnamese state media as a diplomatic milestone aimed at “enhancing cooperation and boosting Vietnam’s global reputation.”
Japan PM pushed back against US request to ban Russian energy imports, sources say
Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told U.S. President Donald Trumpduring their meeting in Tokyo that banning Russian liquefied natural gas imports would be difficult, two Japanese government officials told Reuters on Wednesday. The officials asked not to be identified because the information is not public. The issue of Russian LNG came up during the leaders' bilateral meeting on Tuesday, and Takaichi sought Trump's understanding over Japan's energy needs, they said.
South Koreans Protest Trump With ‘No Kings’ Chant as Government Gifts Him Replica Crown
When Donald Trump arrived in South Korea on Wednesday as part of his six-day tour of Asia, he was treated like royalty.
Like other political and business leaders around the world, South Korean President Lee Jae-myunglooked to lavish the U.S. President with a gift, a thinly veiled attempt to get to his heart. While some, like Japan’s Prime Minister who met Trump on Tuesday, have lavished him with golf clubs, and others have flattered him with honorary medals and trophies, Lee presented the man who earlier this year proclaimed himself “king” on a fake TIME magazine cover with a gold crown.
Lee gave Trump a specially gilded replica of an ancient Korean kingdom crown in a ceremony at Gyeongju National Museum in Gyeongju. The original crown, which is more than 1,000 years old, was excavated from Cheonmachong tomb in the 1970s and is considered a national treasure. A South Korean official explained to Trump that it “symbolizes the divine connection between the authority of the heavens and sovereignty on earth, as well as the strong leadership and authority of a leader.” The official added that Lee was gifting him the crown to commemorate his state visit and in recognition of a “golden age of the Korea-U.S. alliance.”
Like other political and business leaders around the world, South Korean President Lee Jae-myunglooked to lavish the U.S. President with a gift, a thinly veiled attempt to get to his heart. While some, like Japan’s Prime Minister who met Trump on Tuesday, have lavished him with golf clubs, and others have flattered him with honorary medals and trophies, Lee presented the man who earlier this year proclaimed himself “king” on a fake TIME magazine cover with a gold crown.
Lee gave Trump a specially gilded replica of an ancient Korean kingdom crown in a ceremony at Gyeongju National Museum in Gyeongju. The original crown, which is more than 1,000 years old, was excavated from Cheonmachong tomb in the 1970s and is considered a national treasure. A South Korean official explained to Trump that it “symbolizes the divine connection between the authority of the heavens and sovereignty on earth, as well as the strong leadership and authority of a leader.” The official added that Lee was gifting him the crown to commemorate his state visit and in recognition of a “golden age of the Korea-U.S. alliance.”
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