The Art of the Trump-Xi Trade Deal
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BBC
4.4 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 29 October 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Today, President Trump has arrived in South Korea ahead of his meeting with President Xi Jinping at APEC.
The two are set to discuss a possible trade deal which could bring the US and China back from the brink of a global trade war.
Adam is joined by China correspondent Laura Bicker and Americast host Anthony Zurcher, both in South Korea, to discuss TikTok, tariffs and soybeans, as they analyse how the two countries might finalise a deal. Plus, climate editor Justin Rowlatt joins Adam to explore the role climate change is playing in making extreme weather events worse as Hurricane Melissa continues it’s path through the Caribbean.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | Hello, a lot of this episode in newscast is going to be dedicated to Donald Trump's tour of Asia, which will culminate with a meeting with President Xi Jinping of China. |
| 0:14.8 | But he's been receiving lots of gifts along the way, and they will come up in our conversation, I am sure. |
| 0:20.4 | But we thought we would |
| 0:21.1 | just do a little bit of a Donald Trump foreign gift catalogue of some of the other |
| 0:25.0 | presence he's received on his travels. Bahrain's crown prince gave him a gold-plated fighter jet model |
| 0:31.5 | worth $4,850. Vietnam's prime minister gave him a $1,880 worth gemstone portrait of himself, of President Trump, that is. |
| 0:43.3 | Poland's president gave him a photo album entitled President Donald J. Trump in New York. |
| 0:49.7 | When he was here on his previous state visit, the time round. The then queen gave him a first |
| 0:54.4 | edition copy of a book about World War II by Winston Churchill. And Saudi Arabia gifted him |
| 1:01.3 | a tiger fur lined robe, which was accompanied by one that was lined with cheetah fur. |
| 1:07.9 | And also, an interesting one that's not directly to President Trump. This was to his |
| 1:11.6 | officials and it was from Russian officials. It is chocolates emblazoned with quotes given by President |
| 1:17.5 | Putin, including things like, if a fight cannot be avoided, it's better to hit first, or the borders |
| 1:24.5 | of Russia are not limited. And my personal favourite, the fewer teeth you have, the more you like porridge. |
| 1:31.5 | Wonder if any of them have eaten those chocolates? |
| 1:33.4 | Or maybe they've just kept them so that they can constantly be reminded of those lovely quotes. |
| 1:37.8 | Right, plenty more quote-worthy stuff on this episode of Newscast. |
| 1:41.5 | Newscast from the BBC. |
| 1:43.8 | Fat boy sliver me in the classroom doing our violin lessons. |
| 1:46.8 | I was the tappletail in the class. |
| 1:48.1 | Can I have an apology, please? |
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