Trump wraps up China visit and holds private meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping
US President Donald Trump wraps up his visit to Beijing on Friday with a private meeting at Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s official residence before he departs for Washington.
During a series of meetings and events on Thursday the two discussed divisive issues such as the Iran war, trade, technology and Taiwan.
During those meetings, Trump said Xi told him China wants to help negotiate an end to the war and a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. China is the largest buyer of Iranian oil and Trump hopes Xi will use that leverage to prod Iran into a deal on US terms. Trump also said Xi assured him that China wouldn’t provide Iran with military equipment.
Trump has taken a decidedly rosy outlook on the US-China relationship during this trip. But that has collided with some difficult truths about the thorniest issues between the two superpowers including Taiwan, the Iran war and trade.
