You Vote: With Trump back from his Asian trip, where he met with Xi Jinping, how successful was he?

President Donald Trump went to Asia on a mission to cement the United States’ trade and security relationships before a key meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. He also used the opportunity to shore up a weakness that China has exploited in trade talks: the supply of rare earths. 

New deals inked by the president on his marathon trip to Asia this week provide an opening for countries to develop an alternative to the Chinese rare earth market. The agreements with several Southeast Asia countries, Japan, and earlier, Australia, sent a clear message to his Chinese counterpart in South Korea on Thursday.

Trump met with Xi in South Korea for trade talks amid the president's Asia trip.

Trump said Thursday following his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping that China, in exchange for him lowering tariffs, will purchase American farm products, continue to freely export rare earth minerals and stop fentanyl from entering the U.S.