US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he expected a “lot of problems” to be solved with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in their talks on dialling down their hugely damaging trade war.

The US leader said he expected their first face-to-face talks of his second term to result in the United States lowering tariffs imposed on China in relation to fentanyl.

“I think we’re going to have a great meeting with President Xi of China, and a lot of problems are going to be solved,” Trump said en route to South Korea where he is due to meet with Xi.

He also said he was “not sure” whether he would discuss the sensitive topic of self-ruling Taiwan during his meeting with the Chinese leader.

Trump’s visit to key US ally South Korea is the third leg of an Asia tour that has seen him lavished with prai

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