Trump to head to China for high-stakes talks with Xi – US politics live

TA Taz AliThe Guardian - World NewsFiled 2026-05-12 · 11:31 GMTLean · Center-LeftRead · 1 min

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President Donald Trump is traveling to China for significant discussions with President Xi Jinping. The meeting occurs amidst a fragile trade truce, but tensions over Iran, Taiwan, and global supply chains are expected to complicate the talks. Trump recently described the ongoing ceasefire with Iran as "on life support" and dismissed Tehran's peace proposal as "totally unacceptable." The discussions will likely address these multifaceted geopolitical and economic issues between the two world powers.

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Trump dismissed Iran's peace proposal as 'totally unacceptable' and 'garbage'.

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Donald Trump stated the fragile ceasefire with Iran is 'on life support'.

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Iran, Taiwan, and global supply chain tensions will complicate the talks.

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The meeting occurs amid a tentative trade truce.

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Donald Trump will travel to China for high-stakes talks with Xi.

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Meeting comes amid tentative trade truce but Iran, Taiwan and tensions over global supply chains will be complicating factors Sign up for the Breaking News US email On the Iran war, Donald Trump said the ongoing fragile ceasefire was “on life support” after dismissing Tehran’s peace proposal as “totally unacceptable”. “I would call it the weakest, right now, after reading that piece of garbage they sent us – I didn’t even finish reading it,” he told reporters in the Oval Office yesterday. Continue reading...

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