The World This Week - Trump & Xi, Carry on Westminster, the French Pivot

The World This Week - Trump & Xi, Carry on Westminster, the french pivot

In a week that’s seen the world’s superpowers take centre stage with President Trump in Beijing for the first state visit of a US leader in almost a decade. With tensions over trade, technology and Taiwan, what stayed tacitly implied was the deeper, more difficult question of whether the two alpha powers of world order can share the 21st Century, or, is a confrontation ultimately unavoidable?

Red carpet and red lines: Xi charmed Trump but gave up nothing

Wrapping up a two-day summit in Beijing, Trump has taken a step towards reducing tensions, but the gathering did not result in any major trade agreements or diplomatic milestones. The visit created an atmosphere of personal rapport and introduced a framework aimed at promoting 'strategic stability'.

The World Is Being Reset – China Rolls Out the Red Carpet for Trump

ER Editor:  We are covering here the first 23 minutes of a Promethean Updates video, with commentary from Barbara Boyd and Susan Kokinda regarding Trump’s visit to China. At this site, we prefer Promethean Update’s [...] The post The World Is Being Reset – China Rolls Out the Red Carpet for Trump first appeared on The Liberty Beacon.

Working people around the world look for Cold War reset as Xi and Trump meet

As Chinese President Xi Jinping sat down with his US counterpart and guest Donald Trump in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People on May 14, the US publication People’s World published an article issued in the name of its editorial collective, saying that “the eyes of working people around the world are fixed on this … Continue reading Working people around the world look for Cold War reset as Xi and Trump meet The post Working people around the wor…