U.S. President Donald Trump kicked off the final leg of his Asia tour in South Korea on Wednesday, expressing optimism about advancing a pending tariff agreement with President Lee Jae Myung and negotiating a trade war truce with China’s President Xi Jinping.

Arriving from Tokyo hours after North Korea test-fired a nuclear-capable cruise missile, Trump received a lavish reception from Lee in Gyeongju, a historic city hosting this year’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.

His talks with Xi are set for Thursday in the port city of Busan.

Speaking earlier to reporters aboard Air Force One en route to South Korea, Trump dismissed the North Korea missile test and said he was squarely focused on his meeting with the leader of the world’s second-largest economy.

“I think we’re going

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