{"id":5803,"date":"2026-05-13T15:32:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T15:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=5803"},"modified":"2026-05-13T15:32:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T15:32:24","slug":"trump-arrives-in-beijing-for-talks-with-chinas-xi-on-iran-war-trade-and-us-arms-sales-to-taiwan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=5803","title":{"rendered":"Trump arrives in Beijing for talks with China\u2019s Xi on Iran war, trade and US arms sales to Taiwan"},"content":{"rendered":"

By AAMER MADHANI, WILL WEISSERT and JOSH BOAK<\/strong><\/p>\n

BEIJING (AP) \u2014 U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for his hotly anticipated talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the Iran war, trade and U.S. arms sales to Taiwan.<\/p>

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The meat of the summit doesn\u2019t start until Thursday, when the leaders hold bilateral talks, visit the Temple of Heaven, where Chinese emperors once prayed for bumper crops, and take part in a formal banquet. But the Chinese offered Trump a pomp-filled welcome, literally rolling out the red carpet for him after Air Force One landed in the Chinese capital.<\/p>\n

The president was greeted by Chinese Vice President Han Zheng; Xie Feng, China\u2019s ambassador to Washington; Ma Zhaoxu, executive vice minister of foreign affairs; and the U.S. envoy to Beijing, David Perdue.<\/p>\n

The welcoming ceremony included a military honor guard, a military band and some 300 Chinese youths waving Chinese and American flags and chanting, \u201cWelcome, welcome! Warm welcome!\u201d as Trump made his way to his waiting limousine. The youth greeters were decked out in white and robin\u2019s egg blue outfits that matched the paint job of the iconic presidential plane.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re the two superpowers,\u201d Trump told reporters as he departed the White House on Tuesday for the long flight to Beijing. \u201cWe\u2019re the strongest nation on Earth in terms of military. China\u2019s considered second.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Trump likes to project a sense of strength, the visit occurs at a delicate moment for his presidency as his popularity at home has been weighed down by the U.S. and Israel\u2019s war with Iran and rising inflation as a consequence of that conflict. The Republican president is seeking a win by signing deals with China to buy more American soybeans, beef and aircraft, saying he\u2019ll be talking with Xi about trade \u201cmore than anything else.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Trump administration hopes to begin establishing a Board of Trade with China to address differences between the countries. The board could help prevent the trade war ignited last year after Trump\u2019s tariff hikes, an action China countered through its control of rare earth minerals. That led to a one-year truce last October.<\/p>

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But Trump is visiting Beijing when Iran continues to dominate his domestic agenda. The war has led to the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, stranding oil and natural gas tankers and causing energy prices to spike to levels that could sabotage global economic growth. The U.S. president declared that Xi didn\u2019t need to assist in resolving the conflict, even though Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was in Beijing last week.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a lot of things to discuss. I wouldn\u2019t say Iran is one of them, to be honest with you, because we have Iran very much under control,\u201d Trump told reporters Tuesday.<\/p>\n