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Trump expected to meet with China's president in South Korea

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By Mara Liasson,

Steve Inskeep

Published October 27, 2025 at 6:57 AM EDT

President Trump will visit Japan Monday before heading to South Korea, where he's expected to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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Corrected: October 27, 2025 at 8:35 AM EDT

An earlier version of the headline on this story incorrectly stated that President Trump was meeting with the Chinese president on Monday. In fact, they are scheduled to meet on Thursday.

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Mara Liasson is a national political correspondent for NPR. Her reports can be heard regularly on NPR's award-winning newsmagazine programs Morning Edition and All Things Considered. Liasson provides extensive coverage of politics and policy from Washington, DC — focusing on the White House and Congress — and also reports on political trends beyond the Beltway.

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