Trump has begun Asia trip with major trade deal and openness to meeting Kim Jong Un

Published October 27, 2025 8:52am ET



President Donald Trump has started his weeklong trip to Asia, where he will work to secure a major trade deal with China and possibly meet with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un.

The three-country Asia tour began over the weekend, with the United States securing trade agreements with Cambodia, Thailand, and Malaysia. Trump’s first stop was in Malaysia, where he attended the annual meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and a signing ceremony for the Thailand-Cambodia ceasefire agreement that he helped mediate. The two countries briefly fought in July.

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