President Trump arrives in China for high-stakes summit with Xi
President Trump was greeted in Beijing with a welcome ceremony ahead of his two-day summit with Chinese President Xi.

US President Donald Trump has arrived in Beijing for his first China visit in a decade, seeking to press Xi Jinping on trade and the Iran war. (Source: Bloomberg)
President Trump was greeted in Beijing with a welcome ceremony ahead of his two-day summit with Chinese President Xi.
The Iran war will cast a long shadow over the talks. Plus, the 100 best novels of all timeDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.Donald Trump is due to arrive in Beijing on Wednesday evening, the first visit to China by a US president since he was last there nearly a decade ago, as he seeks to mend power and prestige weakened by the war in Iran.What is the state of US-China relations? The two countries remain locked in a fragile tariff truce, reached last autumn after tensions threatened to erupt into a full-scale trade war. Trump has long complained about China’s trade surplus with the US, while Beijing has opposed American export controls and sanctions.What is the latest with the US-Iran ceasefire? The war has entered its third month, with Tehran tightening its grip over the strait of Hormuz and Washington struggling to turn a fragile ceasefire into a lasting settlement. Behind the scenes, US officials have spent weeks urging China to put pressure on Iran to reopen the strait and accept US terms for peace.What did the Atlantic allege? It reported that Patel’s alcohol consumption had become “a recurring source of concern across the government” which made him a “national-security vulnerability”, citing interviews with more than two dozen people including current and former FBI officials. Patel denies all the allegations, calling them “outrageous” and “malicious”. Continue reading...
The leaders of the global superpowers are expected to discuss the war in Iran, tariffs, AI and Taiwan during the two-day visit.
President Donald Trump arrived in Beijing for the first state visit to China by a US leader in nine years, as the world’s two largest economies look to stabilize ties with a summit playing out against the backdrop of the Iran war.
Trump is expected to press Xi on China's economic and material support for Iran at their upcoming summit, senior administration officials say.
President Trump touched down in Beijing on Wednesday evening local time ahead of his high-stakes summit with China’s president, Xi Jinping. Trump was seen exiting Air Force One followed by his son Eric Trump, daughter-in-law Lara Trump, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete…