Trump and Xi meet to discuss trade war
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.2 • 7.8K Ratings
🗓️ 30 October 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping have met for the first time since 2019 to discuss a possible truce in the US-China trade war. The leaders of the world's two biggest economies shook hands and spoke of friendship ahead of the "amazing" meeting in South Korea. President Trump said they agreed a cut in tariffs and a rare earth minerals deal. Also: the US says it will begin testing its nuclear weapons to keep up with Russia and China; Hurricane Melissa moves towards the Bahamas and Cuba after causing unprecedented devastation in Jamaica; Brazil's president condemns the police raid that killed more than 130 people in Rio de Janeiro; the long lost wolf spider is re-discovered in the UK; what drives those who want to live forever; and the art of presidential gift giving.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.6 | You're listening to the Global News Podcasts from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:10.8 | Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. We're recording this at 430 GMT on Thursday the 30th of October. |
| 0:16.6 | The US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have held talks in South Korea. |
| 0:22.1 | So did they end their trade war? |
| 0:24.2 | On his way to the meeting, Mr Trump announced that the US will start testing its nuclear weapons. |
| 0:29.8 | Also today, Jamaica's Prime Minister says Hurricane Melissa caused total devastation in parts of the island, |
| 0:36.0 | with the town of Black River completely destroyed. |
| 0:41.4 | Also in the podcast, anger in Brazil, |
| 0:44.5 | after a police operation leaves 130 people dead. |
| 0:50.2 | This war is a war against a parallel state |
| 0:52.9 | that is proving itself stronger every day. |
| 1:00.8 | More on that later. |
| 1:02.2 | But first, have the world's two biggest economies agreed a truce in their long-running trade war? |
| 1:07.9 | The US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping both sounded |
| 1:12.1 | optimistic at the start of their much-anticipated talks in the South Korean city of Busan. |
| 1:17.8 | It's a great honor to be with a friend of mine, really for a long time now, if you think about it. |
| 1:23.0 | We've already agreed to a lot of things, and we'll agree to some more right now. But President Xi is a great leader of a great country, |
| 1:32.3 | and I think we're going to have a fantastic relationship for a long period of time. |
| 1:38.3 | President Trump, it is a great pleasure for me as well to meet you, |
| 1:43.3 | and it feels very warm seeing you again because it's been many years. |
| 1:48.8 | And in the face of winds, waves and challenges, |
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