Ahead of the Trump–Xi summit in Beijing, US–China trade relations are caught between a fragile truce and the risk of renewed escalation.

Despite declarations of cooperation, friendship and respect from both sides, major trade conflict is brewing between the two superpowers.

Ahead of the Trump–Xi summit in Beijing, US–China trade relations are caught between a fragile truce and the risk of renewed escalation.

Trump will depart for Beijing in just under a week, alongside a delegation of U.S. CEOs primed to stake out deals with the country’s geopolitical rival.

US leader enters talks with superpower rival from vulnerable position, but will be hoping for economic wins amid turbulent backdrop