BEIJING—President Trump met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing this week, his second state visit to China and the first U.S. presidential visit to the country in nearly nine years.
Here were the top takeaways from the summit:
No joint deal announcements, but ‘strategic stability’The summit ended without any joint announcements on specific deals, or any broader communiqué covering trade or other matters, but both sides celebrated the visit as a reset in relations. China said the two sides agreed on a new vision of “strategic stability,” while Trump described the U.S.’s relationship with China as “a very strong one.”
That could make commerce between the world’s two largest economies more predictable this year—in contrast with last year’s disruptive tit-for-tat tariff war.
Seeking alignment on IranTrump said the U.S. and China agreed that the war in Iran should end, that ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz should be free and that Iran should never get a nuclear weapon. China didn’t directly address Iran in its statements about the summit, but has previously supported such positions.
