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

The first US presidential visit to China in almost 10 years will test a fragile tariff truce.

It will be the first time a US president has visited China in nearly a decade, with the last visit being Trump in 2017