Trump-Xi Summit Stays on Track Despite China’s Iran Concerns
US President Donald Trump, right, and Xi Jinping, China’s president, greet attendees waving American and Chinese flags during a welcome ceremony in Beijing in 2017.
Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
President Donald Trump is forging ahead with plans to hold a summit with counterpart Xi Jinping next week in Beijing, despite unease among Chinese officials about holding the high-stakes meeting before the war in Iran is resolved.
The leaders are slated to meet May 14-15 for a sit-down that’s already been rescheduled once due to the war that’s triggered a global energy crisis hitting top importers of Gulf crude, including China.