TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told Chinese President Xi Jinping in a meeting on Friday that she wanted to build constructive and stable ties with Beijing. Takaichi, who became Japan's first female leader last week,

The US president says: "On the scale from zero to 10, with 10 being the best, I would say the meeting was a 12." Beijing says the results were "hard won".

President Trump said he and Chinese leader Xi Jinping "agreed to almost everything" in their nearly two-hour meeting in South Korea, which Trump said was "friendly."

"We have not too many major stumbling blocks," Trump said of a formal trade agreement after meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea.

Trump announced a cut on Chinese imports after meeting with Xi in South Korea, citing new understandings on fentanyl enforcement, farm trade and rare-earth exports.

President Donald Trump said he had an “amazing” meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, where “a lot of decisions were made” on fentanyl, rare earth minerals and more.

Chinese President Xi Jinping offered these words to President Trump before their private meeting on Thursday in South Korea: PRESIDENT XI JINPING (through translator): President Trump, it is a great pleasure for me as well to meet you.

By Trevor Hunnicutt and Eduardo Baptista AIR FORCE ONE/GYEONGJU, South Korea (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he will speak to Chinese President Xi Jinping about Nvidia's state-of-the-art Blackwell artificial intelligence chip at their expected meeting on Thursday.