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Trump-Xi Meeting: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday landed in Beijing for bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and discuss trade, Iran war and America’s arms sales to Taiwan among other issues.
The summit is scheduled to begin on Thursday, when the two leaders will hold bilateral talks and a formal banquet. Trump is accompanied by CEOs of tech firms including, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang among others.
Before departing the White House on Tuesday, Trump talked about US-China relations and told reporters, “We’re two superpowers. We’re the strongest nation on Earth in terms of military. China’s considered second.”
The summit in Beijing marks the first visit by a US president to China in nearly a decade as Trump aims to maintain a fragile trade truce with the second largest economy in the world and strike some deals, Reuters reported.
Referring to the CEO delegation accompanying him, Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social, “I will be asking President Xi, a Leader of extraordinary distinction, to ‘open up’ China so that these brilliant people can work their magic.”
China’s foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun was asked about Trump’s post on CEOs to which he said Beijing stands ready to “expand cooperation, manage differences and inject more stability and certainty into the turbulent world”.
Trump, who is scheduled to remain in China for the next two days, will have meetings including a grand reception at The Great Hall of the People, a tour of UNESCO heritage site Temple of Heaven and a state banquet.
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Talks between Trump and Jinping would cover range of issues, including Iran war, US’ arms sales to Taiwan among others.
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