Trump-Xi to hold trade talks on Saturday morning in Osaka: White House
US-China trade war
US President Donald Trump is set to hold much-anticipated trade talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Osaka at 11:30 am(0230 GMT) on Saturday, news agency Reuters reported on Wednesday quoting aWhite House spokesman.
The bilateral meeting between the head of two world's largest economyis likely to be the most closely watched event at the G20 summit, hosted by Japan.
The talk isaimed at heading off a ratcheting up of US tariffs on imports of consumer and other goods from China.
Trump - known for preferring one-on-one deal-making over multilateral discussions - is set to hold a total of nine bilateral meetings during his time in Japan, including one with Russian President Vladimir Putin at 2 pmon Friday (0500 GMT), the report added quotingWhite House spokesman Hogan Gidley who was traveling with Trump to the G20 summit.
The meetings are set to begin on Thursday when Trump lands and has dinner with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, the report added quoting Gidley.
On Friday, Trump will meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and then with Abe and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, before meeting separately with Modi.
Trump also added a bilateral meeting with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday to his schedule.
(With inputs from Reuters)