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Lee, Trump Discuss US-China Summit Results, Push Stability

5/17/2026

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President Lee Jae-myung and U.S. President Donald Trump held a call on May 17 2026 to share the U.S.–China summit results.
Korea requested the call, first leader-to-leader contact in seven months since the October APEC summit in Gyeongju, where Trump briefed Lee on his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and both pledged cooperation for Korean-Peninsula peace and implementation of Korea-U.S. Joint Fact Sheet.
Lee said stable U.S.–China relations would aid prosperity.

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President Lee Jae-myung and U.S. President Donald Trump held a call on May 17 2026 to share the U.S.–China summit results.
Korea requested the call, first leader-to-leader contact in seven months since the October APEC summit in Gyeongju, where Trump briefed Lee on his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and both pledged cooperation for Korean-Peninsula peace and implementation of Korea-U.S. Joint Fact Sheet.
Lee said stable U.S.–China relations would aid prosperity.