The White House Hoped Sanctions and Military Pressure Would Force Tehran to Yield. Instead, Trump Heads Into Talks With Xi Jinping Short on Bargaining Chips and Dependent on Chinese Mediation

Iran war, tariff setbacks and sliding US poll numbers reshape the balance going into next week’s high-stakes talks.

It Seems the Iranians Are Taking Some Pleasure in Repeatedly Showing That Trump's Expectations Are Detached From Reality. Despite His Optimistic Claims of Progress, the Talks…

As Trump and Xi Jinping Prepare for a High-stakes Summit Dominated by Trade, the U.S. President Is Also Expected to Press China to Help End the Iran War and Reopen the Strait of…

The US has little leverage to force China to accept its demands

In an interview with RFE/RL, Ken Moriyasu, a senior fellow at Hudson Institute, says Beijing may tactically help ease tensions between Washington and Tehran, but will resist any…

The White House Hoped Sanctions and Military Pressure Would Force Tehran to Yield. Instead, Trump Heads Into Talks With Xi Jinping Short on Bargaining Chips and Dependent on…

Opinion: For Trump, negotiations with Iran have reached a stage where they are no longer just a question of agreement or war - but of American credibility with Tehran, its Gulf…

Trump is expected to seek China’s help in resolving the conflict with Iran during talks with Xi

Iran is finished, should make deal to end war: Trump after talks with Xi Jinping

The White House said Trump and Xi had agreed during talks in Beijing on the need to keep the Strait of Hormuz shipping lane open.

US President Donald Trump said his patience with Iran was running out after he discussed the costly and unpopular war with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday and a ship was…

Hopes that the US president and his Chinese counterpart would produce a concrete plan to end conflict have been dashed

Trump said he stopped short of asking Xi to lean on Iran to ease traffic through the passage, but predicted the Chinese leader would do so.

US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi entered talks in Beijing confronting the growing risks that the conflict in Iran poses to global markets and their uneasy…