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US-CHINA TALKS. The scene as US President Donald Trump participates in events at the Great Hall of the People and does a greeting with the President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping May 14, 2026, in Beijing, China during a trip focused on trade, regional security, and strengthening bilateral ties between the world’s two largest economies.

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With his approval ratings dented by his entanglement in the Middle East, Trump's hotly anticipated trip to China — the first by a US president to America's main strategic rival since his last visit there in 2017 — has taken on added significance

BEIJING, China – US President Donald Trump received a grand welcome at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People on Thursday, May 14, ahead of talks with China’s Xi Jinping set to cover their fragile trade truce, the Iran war and US arms sales to Taiwan.