GYEONGJU, South Korea — President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will meet in Busan, South Korea , on Thursday morning, looking to cool an increasingly heated relationship.

The two sides are expected to discuss moves on tariffs, combating fentanyl and access to rare-earth minerals , while leaving bigger targets for later. The meeting is set to begin at 11 a.m. local time (10 p.m. Wednesday ET).

With a Nov. 10 deadline to reach a tariff deal approaching, what began as Trump’s crackdown on the flow of fentanyl into the U.S. has broadened into a longer list of trade and security issues.

The working expectation is that Trump and Xi will agree on a pause in the fight rather than finalizing a sweeping deal, a person familiar with the meeting planning said. Beijing could

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