The big questions hanging over the Trump-Xi meeting in China
by Amy Hawkins in Beijing from World news | The Guardian on (#75J30)
Taiwan, tariffs and the strait of Hormuz are on the meeting's agenda for Beijing - but will the US president be forced to ask for help in ending his war with Iran?
On 20 February, a White House official confirmed that US president Donald Trump would be travelling to Beijing the following month to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Top of the agenda: the US-China trade war.
One week later, Trump approved joint strikes with Israel against Iran, starting a new war in the Middle East. Its ramifications have spread far beyond the region and caused alarm in Beijing. The presidential summit was postponed.
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