Trump-Xi Jinping Talks, an Historic U.S.-China Summit

Trump-Xi talks address Ukraine, Middle East, Korean Peninsula – a competing visions for a new world order The summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping comes at a consequential moment in the international order, where strategic competition is increasingly entangled with the need for cooperation, and where Washington and Beijing face overlapping challenges. It also comes against the backdrop of US-Iran tensions after the former launched a war on the latter on 28 February, prompting Tehran to seize control over the Hormuz Strait—the critical maritime chokepoint where 20% of global trade passes through. For its part,…