Trump: 'I think we’re going to have a deal with China'

US president expected to meet Chinese president Xi Jinping next week

US president Donald Trump at the ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Sunday. Picture: AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein

US president Donald Trump said he was confident of hashing out a deal with Chinese president Xi Jinping, whom he is expected to meet next week, after top economic officials from both countries reached a preliminary consensus in trade talks that concluded on Sunday.

US treasury secretary Scott Bessent and trade representative Jamieson Greer met with Chinese vice premier He Lifeng and top trade negotiator Li Chenggang on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit in Kuala Lumpur for a fifth round of in-person discussions since May.