Overview

• It would be their first face-to-face meeting in more than six years and the first since Trump’s second term began.
• Officials have not determined whether the encounter will be a formal summit or a brief informal meeting.
• A Chinese government readout welcomed market-based commercial negotiations and urged a fair, non-discriminatory environment for Chinese investors.
• Beijing last week approved a ByteDance-TikTok framework addressing a U.S. divestment law, a step that helped avert a potential U.S. shutdown of the app.
• South Korea is preparing to host the Oct. 31–Nov. 1 gathering, with President Lee Jae Myung using a UN trip this week to lay groundwork for the forum.