Xi Jinping Seeks Taiwan Concessions And US Tariff Deals With Donald Trump In Beijing Summit

Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to seek concessions on Taiwan and US tariffs when he meets United States President Donald Trump for a high-stakes summit in Beijing, taking place in the shadow of the war on Iran.

The Al Jazeera report says Trump will arrive in China on Wednesday evening for a three-day visit and that the agenda is expected to center on Beijing’s “core interests” tied to national security and territorial integrity, with Taiwan at the top.

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Al Jazeera adds that the US Congress approved an arms package reportedly worth $14bn earlier this year, but the sale still requires Trump’s final approval.

The same report quotes Crisis Group analyst William Yang saying Xi will use meetings with Trump to “influence and potentially convince Trump to agree to scale back, if not completely suspend, sales to Taiwan,” and it links any concessions to a potential blow for Taiwanese President William Lai Ching-te.

Al Jazeera also frames the dispute through the 1979 Taiwan Relations Act and a Chinese readout of a call in which Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi described Taiwan as “the biggest risk in the China-US relationship.”

CNN Arabic describes the summit as a significant event aimed at showing Trump’s imprint on world history, while arguing that the war with Iran that Trump “cannot end” threatens to undermine his authority and America’s power.

CNN Arabic reports that a senior American official said, “These are not the strategic conditions you want ahead of a summit of the major powers,” as it describes Iran’s latest rejection of Trump’s efforts to reach a deal and exit the crisis as of Monday.

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The BBC says the agenda will be “just as thorny,” with Iran being a new source of tension alongside trade, technology and Taiwan, as Trump returns to a stronger and far more assertive China.

BBC also notes that Washington now acknowledges China as a “near-peer,” quoting Ali Wyne saying Beijing is “arguably the most powerful competitor that the United States has confronted in its history.”

In parallel, Al Jazeera reports that the US and China paused their tariff standoff in May after escalating tit-for-tat tariffs that “briefly sending duties well above 100 percent,” while keeping some trade measures in place including certain tariffs and export controls.

Al Jazeera says Xi is also eager to smooth over US-China relations after a tumultuous 18 months that included a second trade war and sanctions targeting Chinese firms, while Beijing issued a “prohibition order” directing firms to disregard US sanctions on its oil refineries.

“Taipei, Taiwan – Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to seek concessions on Taiwan and US tariffs when he meets United States President Donald Trump for a high-stakes summit taking place in the shadow of the war on Iran”

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The same report quotes Feng Chucheng of Hutong Research saying Beijing wants “predictability and certainty for the remainder of Trump’s term through January 2029, because Beijing needs to be able to plan its own economic policies,” tying the summit to planning tariff levels the US.

CNN Arabic adds that Tehran launched sharp criticisms of Trump ahead of his visit, quoting Ali Akbar Velayati saying, “Mr. Trump, never imagine that by exploiting the current calm in Iran you will be able to enter Beijing as a victor.”

BBC frames the broader stakes by describing Xi’s push for “new productive forces” and heavy investments in renewable energy, robotics and artificial intelligence, while noting that the agenda also includes Taiwan and Iran.

Across the reporting, the summit’s immediate focus remains trade and Taiwan, but the sources tie those issues to Iran’s disruption of shipping and to the question of whether Trump will make concessions that affect US arms sales to the island.