Rare earths, soybeans, fentanyl, and Taiwan: A breakdown of agreements made during President Donald Trump’s meeting with Chinese regime leader Xi Jinping—and the issues left out of the conversation.
Trump orders the U.S. military to resume nuclear weapons testing immediately. It’s the first such move in more than 30 years—citing China and Russia’s weapons race.
More questions than answers remain after the high-stakes Trump-Xi meeting. Former professor at Peking University’s HSBC School of Business, Christopher Balding, unpacks the economic angles of the talks.
And retired Brigadier General and former U.S. defense attaché in Beijing David Stilwell joins us to unpack how the U.S. and China covered the talks—and what that signals to each side. More on that after the break, here on China in Focus.
00:00 Intro
01:42 Trump Cuts Fentanyl Tariffs on China to 10%
04:38 Trump Says He Will Visit China Next April
04:56 Trump, Xi Discuss Efforts to End Ukraine War
05:09 Nvidia’s Blackwell Chips Not Discussed in Meeting
05:53 CCP Media Report Omits China’s Promises to U.S.
06:27 Trump Directs Pentagon to Resume Nuclear Testing
08:56 Russia’s Burevestnik Missile Test: Symbol or Threat?
10:00 Bessent: U.S.-China Trade Deal Could Be Signed Next Week
11:45 Expert Unpacks U.S.-China ‘Placeholder Agreement’
16:38 Analysis on How the U.S. and China Covered Trump-Xi Talks
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