{"id":9282,"date":"2026-05-12T11:26:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T11:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=9282"},"modified":"2026-05-12T11:26:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T11:26:53","slug":"trump-heads-to-china-for-xi-jinping-summit-that-will-test-great-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=9282","title":{"rendered":"Trump heads to China for Xi Jinping summit that will test &#8216;great relationship&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 President Trump\u2019s self-described \u201cgreat relationship\u201d with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, will be put to the test starting later Tuesday as the US president travels to Beijing for the first time in nine years.<\/p>\n<p>Over two days of meetings, Trump is expected to raise a series of concerns about artificial intelligence, the global economy, trade and nuclear weapons. He will also be traveling with a who\u2019s who of CEOs to help him make his case for Chinese investment in America.<\/p>\n<p>Xi, in turn, wants to see America tone down its support for Taiwan \u2014 the self-governing island China claims as its own territory \u2014 and keep Trump from hitting Beijing with another series of devastating tariffs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s visit was initially scheduled for early April, but was pushed back due to the war with Iran. As with last month\u2019s state visit of King Charles III, the president is expected to keep the Middle East conflict on the back burner in order to give the pomp and circumstance of the state visit his full attention.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>President Trump and President Xi will meet this week in China<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Asked what he hopes to get out of the summit, Trump responded: \u201cA lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI have a great relationship with President Xi. We\u2019re doing a lot of business, but it\u2019s smart business,\u201d he told reporters in the Oval Office Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a look at the major issues up for discussion:<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Artificial Intelligence<\/h2>\n<p>This week will mark the first time Trump and Xi discuss artificial intelligence face-to-face amid questions about rules that will govern the \u201ctech race\u201d between Washington and Beijing.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration said the two sides should keep an open \u201cchannel of communication,\u201d but a senior US official was quick to downplay any expectations for a breakthrough.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to take this \u200bopportunity with the leaders\u2019 meeting to open up a conversation and to see if we should establish a channel of communication \u200bon AI matters,\u201d this person said, adding the two sides need to find \u201cchannels of de-confliction\u201d amid concerns about the role advanced AI models play in areas like cyber-espionage.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Elon Musk is one of the many CEOs traveling to China as part of the US delegation <span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trade<\/h2>\n<p>Beijing is expected to announce purchases of US airplanes, agricultural products and energy during the two-day sitdown, which would be a major win for Trump.<\/p>\n<p>A senior US  official declined to detail the exact purchases expected but said talks have been happening \u201cfor a quite a while.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey know it\u2019s something that they need. They know it\u2019s something we want to sell,\u201d the official told reporters on a call Sunday. \u201cThose are the primary sectors where we\u2019re looking at potential purchase agreements.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Farmers, one of the president\u2019s key groups of supporters, want to see China put in a large order for soybeans. Meanwhile, Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg is traveling with the US delegation as his company lobbies to sell its pricey planes to the Chinese government. <\/p>\n<p>Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will also attend the summit in the hope of moving deals along.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Trump and Xi last met in October in South Korea <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cTrade will dominate the summit agenda,\u201d Patricia Kim, China scholar at the Brookings Institution, told reporters at a briefing. \u201cIt\u2019s also the issue President Trump is most personally invested in. I think Beijing\u2019s priorities are similarly pragmatic. It\u2019s extending the trade truce, preserving access to US technology, and rolling back \u2014 or at least preventing the further tightening \u2014 of US export controls.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump imposed 20% tariffs on China early in his second term and then, in April 2025, added a 34% levy, making the total US tariffs on China among the highest of any country. Beijing retaliated by cracking down on agricultural imports \u2014 hurting American farmers \u2014 and closing access to rare earth minerals, a topic Trump hopes to reopen during the summit.<\/p>\n<p>A meeting between Trump and Xi in October 2025 led to the US lowering tariffs to 10% on certain goods. The Supreme Court\u2019s February ruling striking down certain emergency tariffs was also a boost for Beijing, though high duties remain on certain goods \u2014 including 100% on electric vehicles and 50% on certain steel andaluminum products.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring this visit, President Trump will continue doing what he has done over the past year: Rebalancing the relationship with China and prioritizing reciprocity and fairness to restore American economic independence,\u201d White House deputy spokesperson Anna Kelly said.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Taiwan<\/h2>\n<p>The small island is at the top of the agenda for Xi, who will hope to take advantage of Trump\u2019s off-the-cuff  style to change American policy on Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeijing has been very clear that Taiwan has to be a part of the conversation,\u201d Kim said. \u201cIt makes it highly certain that Xi Jinping will use this summit to press President Trump on Taiwan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Under the US\u2019 \u201cOne China\u201d policy, Washington acknowledges Beijing\u2019s claim to Taiwan, but does not explicitly accept it, and avoids direct advocacy for Taiwan independence<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the US is one of Taiwan\u2019s biggest arms dealers.\u00a0 In December, Trump announced the largest ever weapons package for the island, worth more than $11 billion.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Taiwanese soldiers pose with their flag \u2013 the US is one of the largest arms dealers to the island <span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Trump has said he will talk about weapons sales and other issues related to the island when he meets with Xi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to have that discussion with President Xi,\u201d he said Monday. \u201cPresident Xi would like us \u200bnot to, and I\u2019ll have that discussion. That\u2019s \u2060one of the many things I\u2019ll be talking about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While American officials have been careful to insist there are no policy changes coming, Taiwan is watching very closely.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope that the Trump-Xi summit does not produce any surprises regarding Taiwan-related issues,\u201d Taipei Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung said Thursday.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nuclear Weapons<\/h2>\n<p>China has been reluctant to talk about its rapidly growing nuclear arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>Estimates had Xi\u2019s government with between 600 and620 operational warheads as of early 2026, making China the world\u2019s third-largest nuclear force. Analysts say that stockpile could grow to more than 1,000 warheads by 2030 and up to 1,500 by 2035.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has said he wants to discuss the nuclear issue in his meeting with Xi, but a senior US official downplayed the possibility, saying of the Chinese: \u201cThey have no interest in sitting down and discussing any kind of nuclear arms control or anything along those lines at this point.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prisoners\u2019 Plight<\/h2>\n<p>Trump has pledged to talk to Xi about human rights issues, including the cases of Pastor Ezra Jin, a minister with American family members who was imprisoned during a Chinese crackdown, and that of tycoon Jimmy Lai, a prominent critic of Beijing who founded a pro-democracy newspaper in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<p>In December, Lai was sentenced to 20 years in prison. At the time, Trump expressed sympathy, saying he felt \u201cbadly\u201d for Lai.<\/p>\n<p>The president has since vowed to bring up the case to Xi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d like to see him get out,\u201d Trump said Monday. \u201cSo I\u2019ll bring him up again.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 728px 160px; gap:2px; width:908px; background:#eee; padding:2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u901a\u680f\u9876\u90e8\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u6a2a\u5e45 908x258 \u8de8\u6574\u884c -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column:1\/-1; height:258px; background:#ff6b6b; display:grid; place-items:center;\">\r\n    <!-- JuicyAds v3.0 -->\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-cfasync=\"false\" async src=\"https:\/\/poweredby.jads.co\/js\/jads.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins id=\"1114307\" data-width=\"908\" data-height=\"258\"><\/ins>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-cfasync=\"false\" async>(adsbyjuicy = window.adsbyjuicy || []).push({'adzone':1114307});<\/script>\r\n<!--JuicyAds END-->\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u7b2c\u4e8c\u901a\u680f\uff1a728\u00d790 \u901a\u680f -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column:1\/-1; 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