U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent held a closed-door meeting with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng shortly after they arrived in South Korea on May 13 for trade negotiations. The meeting lasted three hours and was held under tight security at a VIP lounge at Incheon International Airport in Seoul after their respective meetings with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung. Neither the United States nor China provided details of the talks, though the meeting was widely seen as laying the groundwork for the high-stakes summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping in China. A spokesperson for South Korea’s president told reporters that Lee and Bessent discussed supply chains and critical minerals....