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President Donald Trump plans to hold a historic trilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in China. The agenda for the gathering includes discussions on nuclear arms control and regional security. The White House confirmed the meeting will take place next week.
Outlets across the political spectrum agree that President Trump, Vladimir Putin, and Xi Jinping will hold a historic first-ever trilateral meeting in China on the sidelines of the APEC summit to discuss topics including nuclear arms.
Left-leaning outlets like The New York Times and NBC News vary on the precise details of the president's itinerary, with The New York Times mentioning potential talks on the war against Iran and the scandal involving Jensen Huang, while NBC News highlights an unprecedented gathering of nuclear powers. Center outlets such as The Hill and Bloomberg focus strictly on the official White House confirmation and the logistics of the APEC summit sidelines. Right-leaning outlets like BizPac Review and the New York Post add further details, noting reports that Elon Musk will accompany the president and suggesting the war in Ukraine could be a topic of conversation.
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Trump, Putin and Xi to meet in first trilateral meeting between leaders
President Trump plans to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in China next week, marking the first-ever trilateral meeting between the three leaders. Trump will be in Asia for The Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in the Philippines…
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Source context: The president plans to also discuss the war against Iran, but is not expected to bring up Russia’s war in Ukraine or the scandal that has engulfed Jensen Huang.
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President Donald Trump will meet with the leaders of China and Russia on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Shenzen, China’s tech hub, next week, an unprecedented gathering of the heads of the world’s biggest nuclear powers.
The president plans to also discuss the war against Iran, but is not expected to bring up Russia’s war in Ukraine or the scandal that has engulfed Jensen Huang.
President Donald Trump is headed to the Philippines on Monday, where he will meet with leaders to discuss security in the region and business deals. After that, he travels to China for a global summit on economic growth and artificial intelligence before a historic trilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin.…
President Donald Trump will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping next week near the end of his Asia trip, the White House said Friday.
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President Trump plans to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in China next week, marking the first-ever trilateral meeting between the three leaders. Trump will be in Asia for The Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in the Philippines…
President Trump is looking to talk about reducing nuclear arsenals in the first formal trilateral between the leaders of the U.S., China and Russia.
President Donald Trump will meet China’s Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin Nov. 19 on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, a White House spokeswoman said.
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History is set to be made near Hong Kong as talk of nuclear arms will bring three world leaders together for the first time while President Donald…
Brokering an end to the war in Ukraine is another potential topic of conversation.
