India, Sept. 7 -- US President Donald Trump may sit down with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, next month in South Korea at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit.

According to a report by CNN, Trump and his top advisers are quietly preparing to travel to Gyeongju for the gathering of APEC trade ministers. This comes after the Republican's rant over Xi meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in China's Tianjin last week.

The officials quoted in the report said there have been serious discussions about a bilateral meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping on the sidelines of APEC, but no firm plans are in place. In a phone call last...