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A worker loads steel products onto a vehicle at a steel market in Fuyang in central China's Anhui province Friday, March 2, 2018. China has expressed &quot;grave concern&quot; about a U.S. trade policy report that pledges to pressure Beijing but had no immediate response to President Donald Trump's plan to hike tariffs on steel and aluminum. The Commerce Ministry said Friday that Beijing has satisfied its trade obligations and appealed to Washington to settle disputes through negotiation (Chinatopix Via AP)

Steel, aluminum tariffs delayed on EU, Canada and Mexico

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in raise their hands after signing a joint statement at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea, Friday, April 27, 2018. (Korea Summit Press Pool via AP)

Kim Jong-un vows to close North Korea nuclear site in May ahead of Trump meeting

By Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

In this April 27, 2018, photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at Peace House of the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea. Seoul says North Korean leader Kim plans to shut down the country's nuclear test site in May and reveal the process to experts and journalists from the United States and South Korea. Seoul's presidential spokesman Yoon Young-chan said Sunday, April 29, Kim made the comments during his summit with South Korean President Moon on Friday, April 27. (Korea Summit Press Pool via AP)

North Korea offers to give up nukes if US vows not to attack

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaks during a joint announcement with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone Friday, April 27, 2018. (Korea Broadcasting System via AP) ** FILE **

Kim Jong-un says he’ll give up nuclear weapons if U.S. promises not to attack North Korea

By Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

In this Friday, April 27, 2018, file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in cross the military demarcation line to the South side at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone. Kim made history Friday by crossing over the world's most heavily armed border to greet his rival, Moon, for talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons. (Korea Summit Press Pool via AP, File)

AP reporter views swing in Korean relations with wary hope

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in raise their hands after signing on a joint statement at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea, Friday, April 27, 2018. (Korea Summit Press Pool via AP)

AP Analysis: North Korean leader displays nuclear pride

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, second from right, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, second from left, attend during a summit at Peace House of the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea, Friday, April 27, 2018. North Korean leader Kim made history by crossing over the world's most heavily armed border to greet South Korean President Moon for talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons. At right is Kim's sister Kim Yo Jong. (Korea Summit Press Pool via AP)

The Latest: UN chief applauds ‘truly historic’ Koreas summit

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in raise their hands after signing on a joint statement at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea, Friday, April 27, 2018. (Korea Summit Press Pool via AP)

Kim Jong-un finally appears serious about abandoning the nuclear weapons program

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Correction: Koreas Summit-Timeline of Relations story

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

From left, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, continue discussions on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 26, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Lindsey Graham winks Nobel Peace Prize Donald Trump’s way

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a media conference at the conclusion of a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Friday, April 27, 2018. Talks on Friday focused on strained ties with Russia, a fresh peace effort in Afghanistan and a new training mission for Iraq. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

The Latest: Trump: Kim meeting ‘should be quite something’

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in cross the military demarcation line at the border village of Panmunjom in Demilitarized Zone Friday, April 27, 2018. Their discussions will be expected to focus on whether the North can be persuaded to give up its nuclear bombs. (Korea Summit Press Pool via AP)

Trump says he has a responsibility to end Korean conflict

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON - Associated Press

Choi Jung-hoon, a former North Korean army official who defected to South Korea in 2006, helps run Free North Korea Radio, which has been piping news into the North. (Guy Taylor/The Washington Times)

North Korean defectors watch Kim Jong-un’s South Korea visit with dread

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this image taken from video provided by Korea Broadcasting System (KBS) Friday, April 27, 2018, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, shakes hands with South Korean President Moon Jae-in as Kim crossed the border into South Korea for their historic face-to-face talks, in Panmunjom. Their discussions will be expected to focus on whether the North can be persuaded to give up its nuclear bombs.(Korea Broadcasting System via AP)

Kim Jong-un’s South Korean border crossing sets stage for historic meeting

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South Koreans hold a banner showing the pictures of South Korean President Moon Jae-in, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to welcome the planned summit between South and North Koreas near the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, April 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

The Latest: SKorean conservatives criticize summit outcome

Associated Press

South Koreans hold a banner showing the pictures of South Korean President Moon Jae-in, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to welcome the planned summit between South and North Koreas near the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, April 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Korea leaders avoid specific measures to address nuke crisis

By Foster Klug - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2018 file photo, South Korean President Moon Jae-in answers reporters' question during his New Year news conference at the Presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea. Both protagonists at inter-Korean summit on Friday, April 27, 2018 speak the same language and share the same ancestral roots and cultural background. But North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the third generation of his family to rule in absolute power, and democratically elected South Korean President Moon Jae-in, a liberal who wants to engage the North, also lead countries that have been divided along the world’s most heavily fortified border for seven decades. (Kim Hong-Ji/Pool Photo via AP, File)

A look at 2 leaders in the inter-Korean summit talks

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

This undated file photo distributed on Sept. 3, 2017, by the North Korean government, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, second from right, at an undisclosed location in North Korea. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File) (Associated press)

Kim Jong-un must end nuclear program by 2020, Japan says

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this April 13, 2017 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, and Choe Ryong Hae, vice-chairman of the central committee of the Workers' Party, arrive for the official opening of the Ryomyong residential area, in Pyongyang, North Korea. While North Korea declared this past weekend it would stop nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missile tests and shut down its nuclear test site, it did not indicate it will give up its nuclear arsenal or halt its production of missiles. Moon and later President Donald Trump are still likely to find it very difficult to persuade Kim to dismantle his entire arsenal, which includes purported thermonuclear weapons and developmental ICBMs.(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

Neutralizing a nuclear-armed North Korea

By Ed Feulner

People watch a TV screen showing images of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, left, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, March 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Kim Jong-un, Moon Jae-in meeting failure could scuttle Trump summit

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times