BEIJING, May 14 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump heads into a series of meetings with China’s Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday, aiming to secure economic wins, maintain a fragile trade truce and navigate thorny issues such as the Iran war and arms sales to Taiwan.
With his approval ratings badly dented by his war in Iran,
Trump’s hotly anticipated trip to China - the first by a U.S. president to America’s main strategic rival since his last visit there in 2017 - has taken on added significance.
Joining him on the trip is a group of CEOs including Elon Musk and Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang, a late addition who boarded Air Force One during a refuelling stop in Alaska en route to the Chinese capital at Trump’s request.
Many of those executives, including Huang and Musk, are seeking to resolve issues with China, and Trump has said he will urge Xi to “open up” China to U.S. business.
