Xi-Trump Summit: Why the Iran War Could Become Fresh Point of Friction

Trump-Xi Beijing Summit To Focus On Iran Conflict, Trade Tensions

US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will meet in Beijing later next week, but the focus of the summit is likely to remain on the Iran war.

Xi-Trump summit: why the Iran war could become fresh point of friction

Both China and the US stand to gain from reopening the Strait of Hormuz, but they view the crisis through different lenses.

The Trump-Xi summit is the next major deadline for investors awaiting a resolution to the U.S.-Iran war. Here's what's ahead

Trump's apparent determination to wrap up the fighting in Iran is part of the reason why the stock market has been unruffled by the ongoing conflict.

Why the Trump-Xi Summit in 2026 Is Really About Iran

By Rameen Siddiqui* – Modern Diplomacy China was sending a message to Washington: we have influence with Iran that you need, and we are prepared to use it, on our terms, for a price to be negotiated in Beijing next week. Trump arrives in Beijing on May 14. The summit was originally scheduled for March, then postponed because the US got embroiled in a war in the Middle East that nobody fully planned for and nobody has yet fully ended. That delay,…