{"id":2498338,"date":"2025-10-13T11:17:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T15:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bessent-expects-trump-to-meet-with-xi-despite-trade-dispute\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T11:18:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T15:18:18","slug":"bessent-expects-trump-to-meet-with-xi-despite-trade-dispute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bessent-expects-trump-to-meet-with-xi-despite-trade-dispute\/","title":{"rendered":"Bessent expects Trump to meet with Xi despite trade dispute"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbessent-expects-trump-to-meet-with-xi-despite-trade-dispute%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2498338&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated that despite recent trade tensions between the United States and China, President Donald Trump is still expected too meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea at the asia-Pacific economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit later this month. the anticipated meeting follows escalating conflicts,including China&#8217;s imposition of export controls on <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-congressman-who-pushed-china-divestment-kept-his-own-chinese-investments\/\" title=\"Dem Congressman Who Pushed ... Divestment Kept His Own Chinese Investments\">rare earth minerals<\/a> vital<\/a> to U.S. supply chains, which led Trump to threaten an additional 100% tariff on Chinese imports. However, Trump later adopted a more conciliatory tone toward China, emphasizing a desire to help rather than harm the country. U.S. and Chinese officials are scheduled to meet in Washington, D.C., this week during the IMF and World Bank meetings to continue negotiations. China insists it will take countermeasures if the U.S. proceeds with the tariffs but maintains it does not want a trade war,though it is indeed prepared for one.The situation remains fluid as both nations work to manage their economic relationship amid ongoing disputes over trade policies and supply chain control.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Bessent expects Trump to meet with Xi in South Korea despite trade dispute<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2368559\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> is still expected to meet with Chinese President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/xi-jinping\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Xi Jinping<\/a> in South Korea by the end of the month, Treasury Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/scott-bessent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scott Bessent<\/a> said on Monday after trade tensions between the United States and China flared up in recent days.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He will be meeting with party chair Xi in Korea &mdash; I believe that meeting will still be on,&rdquo; Bessent told Fox Business of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit scheduled for the end of October.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3847910\/watch-live-trump-speaks-israel-hamas-egypt-peace-summit\/\">WATCH LIVE: Trump speaks at Israel-Hamas peace summit in Egypt<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3847716\/watch-live-trump-israeli-knesset-living-hostages-returned\/\">WATCH LIVE: Trump addresses Israeli Knesset after living hostages returned<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3847624\/trump-putin-ultimatum-tomahawks-to-ukraine-if-war-continues\/\">Trump threatens to provide Tomahawks to Ukraine if Putin continues attacks<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Trump was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3815663\/trump-china-meet-xi-apec-summit-tiktok\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">expected to meet<\/a> with Xi at the APEC Summit, but the Republican dashed those plans by suggesting he was canceling the highly anticipated meeting as the two nations engage in trade talks.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I was to meet President Xi in two weeks, at APEC, in South Korea, but now there seems to be no reason to do so,&rdquo; Trump said on Truth Social on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The message came in response to China&rsquo;s move to impose export controls on rare earth minerals, which would likely disrupt the U.S. supply chains and raise costs for the technology and defense sectors that rely on such minerals for production.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Trump threatened to impose an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3847528\/trump-brushes-off-trade-tensions-with-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">additional 100% tariff<\/a> on Chinese imports. The new tariff could take effect Nov. 1 or sooner, although there&rsquo;s a chance it could be scrapped altogether after Trump struck a friendlier tone with Xi.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Don&rsquo;t worry about China, it will all be fine!&rdquo; Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115362196088273474\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote in a Truth Social post<\/a> on Sunday. &ldquo;Highly respected President Xi just had a bad moment. He doesn&rsquo;t want Depression for his country, and neither do I. The U.S.A. wants to help China, not hurt it!!!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Bessent said U.S. and Chinese officials will meet in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Washington, D.C.<\/a>, this week during the International Monetary Fund and World Bank annual meetings. The secretary added that there has been &ldquo;substantial communication&rdquo; with China since trade tensions escalated with Trump&rsquo;s tariff threat late last week.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, China is standing firm on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/economy\/3847217\/china-countermeasures-trump-tariff-increase\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pursuing countermeasures<\/a> if the U.S. does not abandon the significant tariff.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;China urges the U.S. to promptly correct its erroneous practices,&rdquo; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday. &ldquo;If the U.S. insists on going its own way, China will certainly take resolute measures to safeguard its legitimate rights and interests.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our position on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-brushes-off-trade-tensions-with-china-it-will-all-be-fine\/\" title=\"... brushes off ... with ...: &#039;It will all be fine!&#039;\">tariff war remains consistent &#038;mdash<\/a>; we do not want one, but we are not afraid of one,&rdquo; the Ministry of Commerce said the day before.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. and China were engaging in negotiations to avert a trade war. In April, both nations significantly escalated tariffs to over 100% until Trump reversed course and initiated a truce. U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods currently stand at 30%.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3847528\/trump-brushes-off-trade-tensions-with-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TRUMP BRUSHES OFF TRADE TENSIONS WITH CHINA: &lsquo;IT WILL ALL BE FINE!&rsquo;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While it remains uncertain whether the 100% tariff threat stands, the Trump administration is standing firm in its opposition to China&rsquo;s export restrictions on rare earth minerals.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is China versus the world &mdash; they have pointed a bazooka at the supply chains and the industrial base of the entire free world, and we&rsquo;re not going to have it,&rdquo; Bessent said. &ldquo;A group of bureaucrats in China cannot tell us and our allies how to run our supply system.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bessent: Trump likely to meet Xi in South Korea despite trade tensions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2498339,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25248769598975.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3817,32402,60411,3634,35581],"class_list":["post-2498338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-diplomacy","tag-international-relations","tag-trade-dispute","tag-trump","tag-xi-jinping"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25248769598975.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2498338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2498338"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2498338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2498342,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2498338\/revisions\/2498342"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2498339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2498338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2498338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2498338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}