Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Skiyavone. President Trump has embarked on his first

trip to Asia since returning to the White House. Bilateral trade talks could be on the agenda

with multiple nations. NPR's Anthony Kuhn has details on one of the main challenges of the six-day

trip. President Trump told reporters on route to his first stop in

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, that he expects a good meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, but that

both sides may need to make concessions. U.S. and Chinese trade officials held talks in Kuala

Lumpur on Saturday seeking to de-escalate the trade spat. China has not yet confirmed that

Xi Jinping will meet Trump

on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific economic cooperation in South Korea next week.

President Trump also said he's open to meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong-un while he's in

South Korea. Kim has made similar remarks and the two met three times in 2018 and 2019,

but there are currently no plans for the two to meet on this trip.

Anthony Kuhn, NPR News, Seoul.

The Justice Department says it now wants to deport Kilmar Abrago-Garcia to the African nation of Liberia,

but as NPR's Martin Kosti reports his lawyers say it's an unacceptable option.

A judge ruled in 2019 that although Abrago Garcia was in the U.S. illegally, he shouldn't be sent

back to El Salvador because of dangers he'd faced there.

The Trump administration deported him there anyway, it says, by mistake, and he was returned

to the U.S. in June.

Now his lawyer, Simon Sandoval-Motionberg,

says Costa Rica could take Abrago Garcia, but the administration keeps insisting on sending him farther

away. They are using the selection of the country of removal as a means of punishing him.

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