Xi-Trump Summit: Why the Iran War Could Become Fresh Point of Friction

Trump racing against clock to avoid blundering major summit: analysis

President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing next week on May 14, with the two nations expected to discuss ways of stabilizing U.S.-China relations, but as the summit draws closer, “the more urgently Washington” races to “freeze the Iran crisis,” lest Trum...

POLITICS: Why Trump shouldn’t give Xi a damned thing in coming summit

President Donald Trump heads to China this Thursday in an extremely strong position, but Xi Jinping will try to bluff him into some concessions. One such gambit came late last week, as Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi scurried off to Beijing, looking for support against Washington, only for Xi to publicly call on Tehran to end its Strait of Hormuz blockade and come to terms with the Americans. That’s supposed to make Trump feel grateful —…

Trump-Xi Beijing Summit To Focus On Iran Conflict, Trade Tensions

US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will meet in Beijing later next week, but the focus of the summit is likely to remain on the Iran war.

Xi-Trump summit: why the Iran war could become fresh point of friction

Both China and the US stand to gain from reopening the Strait of Hormuz, but they view the crisis through different lenses.

The Trump-Xi summit is the next major deadline for investors awaiting a resolution to the U.S.-Iran war. Here's what's ahead

Trump's apparent determination to wrap up the fighting in Iran is part of the reason why the stock market has been unruffled by the ongoing conflict.

Why the Trump-Xi Summit in 2026 Is Really About Iran

By Rameen Siddiqui* – Modern Diplomacy China was sending a message to Washington: we have influence with Iran that you need, and we are prepared to use it, on our terms, for a price to be negotiated in Beijing next week. Trump arrives in Beijing on May 14. The summit was originally scheduled for March, then postponed because the US got embroiled in a war in the Middle East that nobody fully planned for and nobody has yet fully ended. That delay,…