US President Donald Trump is hoping for a foreign policy win at the upcoming summit with China's Xi Jinping. The Iran war, trade deals and Taiwan are expected to be high on the agenda during Trump's visit to Beijing.
"Good things take time," as the old saying goes. After postponing his trip in March — having just recently launched the war with Iran — US President Donald Trump is set to visit China's leader Xi Jinping in Beijing at the end of the week.
The meeting comes as the world faces an ongoing energy crisis due to the Strait of Hormuz blockadeand peace negotiations between Tehran and Washington seem to be deadlocked. Meanwhile, entrenched trade disputes between China and the US still lurk from behind the scenes.
Against this backdrop, both countries have an incentive to ensure the meeting between the two leaders comes off as a success. Neither Trump nor Xi are ready to lose face. Both want to remain the "strong man."
"Trump desperately needs some good news on the foreign policy front," said Chu Yin, a political scientist at the Beijing-based Pangoal think tank and a former professor at the Beijing University of International Relations.
