{"id":334120,"date":"2026-05-13T19:44:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T14:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=334120"},"modified":"2026-05-13T19:44:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T14:14:48","slug":"trump-lands-in-beijing-to-speak-trade-iran-and-taiwan-with-xi-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/trump-lands-in-beijing-to-speak-trade-iran-and-taiwan-with-xi-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump lands in Beijing to speak trade, Iran and Taiwan with Xi – National"},"content":{"rendered":"

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U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for his hotly anticipated talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the Iran war, trade and U.S. arms sales to Taiwan.<\/p>\n

The meat of the summit won\u2019t occur until Thursday, when the leaders hold bilateral talks and a proper banquet. However the Chinese offered Trump a pomp-filled welcome, literally rolling out the red carpet for him after Air Force One landed within the Chinese capital.<\/p>\n

The president was to be greeted by Chinese Vice President Han Zheng; Xie Feng, China\u2019s ambassador to Washington; Ma Zhaoxu, executive vice minister of foreign affairs; in addition to the U.S. envoy to Beijing, David Perdue, in accordance with the White House. The welcoming ceremony includes some 300 Chinese youths, a military honor guard and a military band.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re the 2 superpowers,\u201d Trump told reporters as he departed the White House on Tuesday for the long flight to Beijing. \u201cWe\u2019re the strongest nation on Earth when it comes to military. China\u2019s considered second.\u201d<\/p>\n

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While Trump likes to project a way of strength, the visit occurs at a fragile moment for his presidency as his popularity at home has been weighed down by the U.S. and Israel\u2019s war with Iran and rising inflation as a consequence of that conflict. The Republican president is in search of a win by signing deals with China to purchase more American soybeans, beef and aircraft, saying he\u2019ll be talking with Xi about trade \u201cgreater than anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Trump administration hopes to start the technique of establishing a Board of Trade with China to handle differences between the countries. The board could help prevent the trade war ignited last 12 months after Trump\u2019s tariff hikes, an motion China countered through its control of rare earth minerals. That led to a one-year truce last October.<\/p>\n

But Trump is visiting Beijing when Iran continues to dominate his domestic agenda. The war has led to the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, stranding oil and natural gas tankers and causing energy prices to spike to levels that would sabotage global economic growth. The U.S. president declared that Xi didn\u2019t must assist in resolving the conflict, regardless that Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was in Beijing last week.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow we have lots of things to debate. I wouldn\u2019t say Iran is considered one of them, to be honest with you, because we have now Iran very much under control,\u201d Trump told reporters Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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The status of Taiwan also will likely be a serious topic as China is displeased with U.S. plans to sell weapons to the self-governing island that the Chinese government claims as a part of its own territory.<\/p>\n

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Trump told reporters Monday that he can be discussing with Xi an $11 billion weapons package for Taiwan that the U.S. administration authorized in December but has not yet begun fulfilling. The arms package is the biggest ever approved for Taiwan.<\/p>\n

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However the U.S. leader has demonstrated greater ambivalence toward Taiwan, an approach that\u2019s raising questions on whether Trump may very well be open to dialing back support for the island democracy.<\/p>\n

At the identical time, Taiwan \u2014 because the world\u2019s leading chipmaker \u2014 has develop into essential for the event of AI, with the U.S. importing more goods to this point this 12 months from Taiwan than China. Trump has sought to make use of Biden-era programs and his own deals to bring more chipmaking to America.<\/p>\n

The Chinese Communist Party\u2019s news outlet, People\u2019s Every day, published a strongly worded editorial ahead of Trump\u2019s arrival underscoring that Taiwan is \u201cthe primary red line that can not be crossed in China-U.S. relations\u201d and is \u201cthe most important point of risk\u201d between the 2 nations.<\/p>\n

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Trump was already portraying the trip as a hit before he even left White House grounds. He openly mused about Xi\u2019s planned reciprocal visit to the U.S. later this 12 months, lamenting that the White House ballroom under construction wouldn’t be accomplished in time to properly fete the Chinese leader.<\/p>\n

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