During Trump's visit, South Korean President Lee Jae-myung tried his best to win his favor.

As soon as he met Trump, he presented a model of the golden crown of Silla Dynasty, and awarded Trump a Grand Medal of Hibiscus, which is also the highest-level medal in South Korea, which also made Trump the first president in American history to win this medal.

Li Zai-ming was extremely attentive to his dress and menu arrangements. His tie chose Trump's favorite gold color, and his desserts after the meal were sprinkled with gold foil. The naming of every dish praises Trump openly and secretly.

Being so privileged, Trump on this side is naturally happy, very much to Li in the face to praise this Medal of Medal, said "beautiful unparalleled, really want to wear it now".

However, it is one thing to be happy to meet, But talking about things with South Korea is another thing for Trump, the money that should be given to the United States is not less.

Recently, Trump announced that the US-Korean trade agreement was basically settled, and the United States agreed to reduce tariffs on South Korea to 15%, but South Korea also promised to invest $ 350 billion in the United States.

In this way, it is said that South Korea is investing, but the benefits are all in the United States. The money is made by the United States, and the losses are borne by South Korea itself.

Lee has no way to do that.

It is worth noting that this is not the only thing that dealt a heavy blow to Lee Jae-myung.

Although Trump has arrived in Gyeongju, the venue of the APEC summit, However, it did not plan to attend the APEC summit that opened on Friday. Instead, it went to Busan on Thursday, met with Chinese leaders and left.

The reason why Trump made this arrangement is actually easy to understand.

First of all, meeting with China was the main goal of Trump's visit.

Trump has always admired and admired the power of ¡°bilateralism¡± and direct negotiations. For multilateral forums, he often believes that they are inefficient, wordless, and difficult to ¡°deals¡± that directly meet American interests. Instead, one-on-one bilateral talks allow him to directly put pressure on the other leader, negotiate in a closed environment, and strive to visible and concrete results.

In addition, the Sino-US trade war has been going on for some time, and every countermeasure taken by China has really hurt the US side, leaving Trump facing pressure from domestic agriculture, manufacturing and other groups in the United States. If it continues not to be solved, the votes and support rate will be in jeopardy by the time of the mid-term elections. So he urgently needed a decent way to ease the impasse and even reach a ¡°victory¡± agreement that could show voters.

Prior to his departure, Trump has repeatedly stated to the outside world that he expects to reach a ¡°very comprehensive agreement¡± with Chinese leaders, and revealed that the issue could involve key areas such as trade, phentanyl, rare earth, all indicate that he has made sufficient preparations and pre-heating for the bilateral meeting.

All this also shows that, in Trump's mind, this direct face-to-face meeting with China's top leaders is far more valuable than the collective appearance and speech at the APEC venue.

Second, Trump is not interested in APEC's core goals.

The original intention of APEC was to provide Asia-Pacific economies with a forum to promote regional economic cooperation, free trade and investment, so as to achieve common economic growth. Although the United States is a founding member of the APEC Summit, Trump himself does not agree with the organization's development philosophy. Even under Trump's leadership, the United States completely abandoned its role as a defender of free trade, so it is also foreseeable that it will not attend the APEC Summit this time.

However, Trump's absence brought certain trouble to the host South Korea.

According to South Korea's scheduled arrangements, a joint statement "Gyeongju Declaration" will be issued after the summit. In the content of the statement, there is a high probability that it will reiterate its support for a rules-based multilateral trading system with the WTO at its core. But if this statement is to be passed, it must be unanimously agreed by all members.

South Korean Foreign Minister Zhao Xiao said that there are great differences between the United States and other member economies about whether or not this should be included in the joint statement. If the differences are not resolved by the end of the summit, the joint statement will not be issued, and South Korea will only be able to make a statement by itself.

Trump's absence from the APEC summit also triggered some discussion in the international community on "whether APEC is meaningful."

Some people believe that the United States, as a major economy, unilaterally imposes tariffs and restricts trade, which adds uncertainty to the global economic development. This situation has brought new challenges and limitations to APEC.

But there is also a view to emphasizing that it is in such a turbulent international environment that APEC can play its own role, providing a multilateral platform for more countries to sit together to discuss current challenges and find solutions.

Therefore, the significance of APEC's existence does not only revolve around the United States, but the role of the United States in it cannot determine the overall value of APEC. Trump¡¯s absence from the APEC summit could instead accelerate the pace of world development and drive the world towards a truly multipolar world.