Asia-Pacific markets traded mostly higher as investors weigh the state of the economy after a truce between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping.

Trump's most anticipated meeting on the three-country tour is with China's Xi on Thursday -- the goal being to end a monthslong trade war.

The two leaders focused on regional security and trade, and did not mention long-standing differences over history and maritime territory.

How will Prime Minister Takaichi get along with the Lee Jae-myung administration? South Korean President Lee Jae-myung and former Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru held their first Japan-Korea summit meeting during the G7 Summit in Canada in June,

South Korea welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday with a replica gold crown and awarded him with the "Grand Order of Mugunghwa", the country's highest decoration, the presidential office said.

South Korea gifted President Donald Trump an enormous crown during his visit on Wednesday, just weeks after the “No Kings”

The U.S. inked Technology Prosperity Deals (TPD) with Japan and South Korea with an eye toward spurring collaboration on AI, semiconductors, quantum computing, biotech, space, 6G and other technologies.

Kim Yong-beom, President Lee Jae Myung’s chief of staff, said South Korea had reached “an agreement on the details” in tariff negotiations with the United States. With the accord, Kim said, U.S. tariffs on South Korean exports would be 15 percent. South Korea has been contending with a rate of 25 percent that took effect in August.