Donald Trump confirms meeting with China's Xi Jinping on Saturday

BUENOS AIRES: US President Donald Trump said he will have a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday to discuss trade after the close of the G20 summit in Argentina.

"We will be meeting with President Xi tonight...and we`ll be talking about a thing called trade and probably other things but primarily trade. It`s a very important meeting," Trump said.

Trump also said he would work to straighten out the trade imbalance in talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Speaking alongside Trump at a joint news conference, Merkel added the two would address issues related to trade and the World Trade Organisation and discuss Ukraine, Syria, and the INF nuclear weapons pact with Russia.