US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he had agreed to cut fentanyl-related tariffs on China to 10 percent after talks with Xi Jinping in South Korea. Trump described his meeting with China’s leader Xi Jinping as a “great success” and said he would head to China in April for new talks.

“I’ll be going to China in April and he’ll be coming here sometime after that, whether it’s in Florida, Palm Beach or Washington, DC,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One. He and Chinese leader Xi also agreed to “work together” on the issue of Ukraine at talks in South Korea.

He informed, “All the rare earths has been settled, and that’s for the world.” The US leader added the talks yielded an extendable one-year deal on China’s supply of crucial rare earths, materials that are essential for sophisticated electronic components across a range of industries.

Taiwan “never came up. That was not discussed actually,” Trump said, adding that he had been too “busy” to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during his visit this week to South Korea, but added he could return. (AFP)