During the night of last Sunday, May 10, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed the expected visit of the president of the United States, donald trumpto the city of Beijingwhere he is expected to meet with the Chinese leader, Xi Jinpingwhom he also visited during his first presidential term, at the end of 2017.
“At the invitation of President Xi Jinping, US President Donald Trump will pay a visit to the 13 to 15 May,” the ministry said, as the world’s largest economies try to resolve their differences on a wide range of issues, from trade and technology to rivalries in matters of national security.
However, according to what was stated by the television network cnnthe talks between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping will also take place in the context of the war in Middle East and the blockade of the Strait of Hormuza situation that has generated a historic oil crisis and an enormous risk for the international economy.
Therefore, holding this high-level summit could define the next stage of the rivalry between the two main powers in the world. In this way, Trump and Xi are expected to debate several points conflictivebecause the presidents last met in Octoberwhen they agreed to end a trade war.
What will Trump and Xi Jinping talk about?
This Monday, May 11, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, stated that he will speak with his counterpart Chinese, Xi Jinping, on the US arms sales to Taiwangiven that the war in the Middle East has also exhausted the ammunition and has raised doubts on Washington DC’s ability to defend its partner.
“I’m going to have that discussion with President Xi, who would like us not to sell weapons to Taiwan“, responded the American leader when asked by the press in the Oval Office of the White Housetwo days before leaving for Beijing, because many things have changed since the last time the two leaders met.
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Faced with this scenario, Trump made these statements despite the fact that the historical position of the United States, enshrined in the policy promoted since the presidency of Ronald Reagan in 1982 and known as the “six guarantees”, establishes that Washington will not consult with Beijing on its decisions on arms sales. defensive to Taiwan.
Despite this, the 79-year-old Republican president stressed in the same appearance that he has “a great relationship” with President Xi Jinping, with whom he said he is doing a lot business. “I have a lot of him I respect and I hope that he too respectsince he does not I respect to our previous government, that of Joe Biden”, he expressed.
Trump’s visit to Beijing
US President Donald Trump will arrive Beijing on Wednesday, May 13, to hold two days of meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping, in an expected visit that was postponed by the war launched by the US and Israel against IranChina’s closest partner in the Middle East, which caused a global crisis.
Given the circumstances, it is expected that, among other matters, both will address the sale of armament and American support for Taiwan, after Xi Jinping urged Donald Trump to “handle the shipment of weapons prudently,” because Beijing considers the island a rebel province and an “inalienable part” of Chinese territory.