U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent arrived in South Korea on Wednesday for talks with a Chinese official ahead of a summit between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping.
Bessent landed at Incheon International Airport on a private jet from Japan and exited through a VIP gate. He is scheduled to meet President Lee Jae Myung at Cheong Wa Dae in the morning.
In the afternoon, Bessent will hold high-level trade talks with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng. The meetings come before the U.S. president’s two-day visit to Beijing.
Bessent will then travel to China to join Trump for the summit with Xi.
