President Donald Trump received a grand welcome at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People on Thursday before two days of meetings with China’s Xi Jinping. The summit is expected to cover their fragile trade truce and the Iran war, with ceremonies including a state banquet and visits to historic sites.

The summit between US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping that begins on Wednesday in Beijing will unfold around an agenda concentrated on five main…

Meeting comes amid tentative trade truce but Iran, Taiwan and tensions over global supply chains will be complicating factors