Trump, Xi Meeting to Be Packed with Slew of Hot Topics
The meeting could extend a one-year trade truce as Washington presses Beijing over Iran ties and the threat of new tariffs.
- President Donald Trump will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on May 14-15 to discuss trade, technology, security, and Iran amid a $202.1 billion U.S. trade deficit.
- Washington and Beijing previously engaged in a trade war with levies reaching 145 percent before agreeing to a one-year truce last October that the summit aims to extend.
- China leverages dominance in rare earths as its strongest bargaining tool, and geopolitics analyst Joe Mazur said Trump "cares a lot about" rare earths, noting the US lacks a clear answer.
- Beijing may offer "quick wins" like Boeing jet purchases or agricultural products to establish positive momentum before discussing complex tariff and technology issues.
- Regardless of outcomes, China continues an "America-proof" economic push, according to Asia Society Policy Institute's Lizzi Lee, while maintaining influence over Iran and Russia without decisive control.
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