President Donald Trump still hopes to sign a trade deal with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in coming weeks, despite Chile's cancellation of the APEC summit where they had been scheduled to meet, the White House said Wednesday.

United States wants China trade deal in 'same time frame' despite APEC summit cancellation

Asia-Pacific leaders failed to agree on a communique at a summit in Papua New Guinea on Sunday for the first time in their history as deep divisions between the United States and China over trade and investment stymied cooperation.

APEC fails to reach consensus as US-China divide deepens

China and the US crossed swords Saturday ahead of an APEC summit, duelling over protectionism, trade tariffs and "chequebook diplomacy" as they laid out sharply contrasting visions for the Pacific Rim region.

US, China in APEC cruise ship clash on trade, influence

America 'will not tolerate... chronic trade abuses,' Trump said as he took aim at the World Trade Organisation for failing to police free trade infringements

Trump defiant on trade, vows to put 'America First'

President Donald Trump will embark on two-week-long trip to Japan, South Korea, China next month.

Trump to promote free and open Indo-Pacific region during Asia trip: White House

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