Chinese president Xi Jinping and Canadian PM Mark Carney, in the first formal sit-down since 2017, discussed about agriculture and agri-food products, including canola, seafood

World leaders kicked off the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit on Friday, with Chinese President Xi Jinping taking the spotlight to address global trade uncertainties.

The Japanese government said its Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Chinese President Xi Jinping held their first talks Friday afternoon in South Korea, Kyodo News Agency reported.

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet at the APEC Summit in Busan as experts say China now holds leverage in the ongoing trade war.

President Xi Jinping on Friday urged world leaders to ensure the stability of supply chains, saying countries needed to "join hands" instead of "breaking chains" while pointing to growing uncertainty in the Asia-Pacific region.

Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was expected to convey to Chinese Premier Xi Jinping grave concerns over China's behaviour, including around the Senkaku Islands, known as the Diaoyu Islands by China.

The president said he would cut tariffs on China, while Beijing had agreed to allow the export of rare earth elements and start buying American soybeans.

US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are set to meet today in Busan on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, which is a high-stakes encounte

Xi told Trump that Beijing had been helping the two Southeast Asian neighbours to settle their border dispute "in our own way", South China Morning Post reported.