Trump and Xi Discuss Middle East, Taiwan, and Trade in Beijing

U.S. President Donald Trump is holding high-level talks with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in the Chinese capital Beijing, as part of an official visit that ranks among the most prominent diplomatic milestones between the two countries in the current phase.

The talks focus on three major issues that top the joint agenda: first, developments on the ground and ongoing conflicts in the Middle East region; second, the Taiwan question, which represents a fundamental point of contention between Washington and Beijing for years; while the third issue addresses the nature of bilateral trade and economic relations between the world's two largest economies.

This summit comes amid persistent tensions marking U.S.-China relations across multiple strategic dimensions, as the visit seeks to open dialogue and diplomatic channels with the aim of finding common ground on outstanding issues and easing tensions between the two major powers.