Economics
Trump-Kim Handshake to Open Summit With Outcome Hanging in Balance
- World to ‘know soon’ if ‘real deal’ is possible, Trump tweets
- U.S. says talks with North Korea going faster than expected
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President Donald Trump plans to shake hands and have lunch with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, kicking off a historic summit on Tuesday between two adversaries that only last year had seemed at the brink of nuclear war.
Their meeting at a luxury hotel in Singapore, scheduled for 9 a.m. local time -- which is 9 p.m. on Monday night New York time -- will mark the first face-to-face encounter between a U.S. president and a leader of North Korea. Its outcome could prove pivotal in determining whether the two nations pursue a lasting peace or a fresh military conflict.