President Donald Trump said Chinese President Xi Jinping assured him Beijing would take no steps toward unifying Taiwan with the mainland while Trump is in office. He said Taiwan wasn’t discussed during their South Korea talks, which focused on trade, and declined to say if he’d order U.S. forces to defend the island, citing strategic ambiguity. China’s embassy did not confirm such assurances, calling Taiwan an internal matter. The White House offered no details. The remarks came in a “60 Minutes” interview taped at Mar-a-Lago, set to air Sunday.

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