The Trump administration is widely expected to make a fresh agreement on trade this week with China, and U.S. stocks are rallying Monday.

President Trump arrived in Japan on Monday to begin his Asia tour. Meanwhile, the U.S. and China are signaling they've neared a trade deal ahead of Mr. Trump's meeting with China's Xi Jinping on Thursday.

U.S. President Donald Trump, on board Air Force One, expressed optimism about trade talks with China on Monday.

U.S. President Donald Trump will test his deal-making capabilities on a trip to Asia, a region battered by his trade policies, while doubts hang over his highly anticipated meeting with China's Xi Jinping.

Asian shares rallied and U.S. futures jumped Monday, with Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 topping 50,000 for the first time as U.S. President Donald Trump said he expected to reach a trade agreement with China.

The president said it would be “pretty easy” to meet with the North Korean leader on his Asia tour, but White House officials have downplayed the likelihood.

President Donald Trump is touting new deals with China’s neighbors ahead of the much-anticipated sit-down with the Chinese leader Thursday.

U.S. President Donald Trump received a royal welcome on Monday in Japan, the latest leg of a five-day Asia trip which he hopes to cap with an agreement on a trade war truce with Chinese President Xi Jinping.