Gyeongju, SOUTH KOREA—U.S. President Donald Trump concluded his whirlwind three-nation tour of Asia on Oct. 30, marked by high-stakes summits, major trade and investment agreements, a peace pact, and a closely watched meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
Here are the key takeaways from what Trump described as his “historic trip to Asia.”
1-Year US–China Deal
Following months of negotiations and friction between U.S. and Chinese trade envoys, Trump and Xi met for nearly two hours in Busan, South Korea, on Oct. 30, reaching a one-year truce on some contentious issues.
“A lot of decisions were made,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on the way back to Washington. “We’ve come to [a] conclusion on many very important points.”…