{"id":5039,"date":"2026-05-12T16:13:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T16:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=5039"},"modified":"2026-05-12T16:13:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T16:13:57","slug":"what-to-know-about-trump-xi-summit-with-trade-taiwan-and-iran-on-the-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=5039","title":{"rendered":"What to know about Trump-Xi summit with trade, Taiwan and Iran on the agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"

By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO and HUIZHONG WU<\/strong><\/p>\n

BEIJING (AP) \u2014 As Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump prepare for a highly anticipated summit, both China and the United States say their ties have been broadly stable in recent months \u2014 and they are planning on keeping it that way.<\/p>

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But many issues are at stake in one of the world\u2019s most consequential relationships, with no easy end in sight.<\/p>\n

Few expect major breakthroughs to the long-running frictions between China and the U.S., which range from competition in technology to the thorny question of Taiwan, whose main ally is the U.S. Ending the war with Iran is likely to be added to the agenda, with Beijing being one of the unofficial mediators in the conflict.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn both sides there is a consensus that U.S.-China stability is important,\u201d said Henrietta Levin, senior fellow for the Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. \u201cOnce you get past the question of stability, the \u2018what\u2019s next\u2019 in the relationship gets a little more complicated, and so for that reason, the most likely thing to come out of the meeting is very little.\u201d<\/p>\n