Trump-Xi summit live: US president preparing to meet China’s leader with trade, Taiwan and the Iran war set to dominate talks

AF Adam FultonThe Guardian - World NewsFiled 2026-05-14 · 01:43 GMTLean · Center-LeftRead · 1 min

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US President Donald Trump has arrived in Beijing for a high-stakes summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The meeting, taking place at the Great Hall of the People, is expected to be dominated by discussions on trade, Taiwan, and the Iran war. Security has been significantly heightened in the Chinese capital in anticipation of the talks. This visit occurs against a backdrop of persistent air pollution in Beijing, a contrast to the cleaner skies seen during Trump's previous visit in 2017 when emergency measures were implemented. The summit aims to address critical geopolitical and economic issues between the two global powers.

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In 2017, authorities launched emergency measures to clear the skies of pollution days before Trump's first state visit.

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Security has been heightened in Beijing ahead of the crucial talks.

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US president is preparing to meet China’s leader with trade, Taiwan and the Iran war set to dominate talks.

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Donald Trump will drive through a Chinese capital that is smoggier than it was on his last visit in 2017.

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Ahead of the crucial talks, security has been heightened in Beijing, with the US president set to meet Xi at the Great Hall of the People Trump lands in China for high-stakes summit with Xi Jinping as Iran-war" class="entity-link entity-event" data-entity-id="38748" data-entity-type="event">Iran war looms over talks Explainer: five key issues on the table at summit Donald Trump will drive through a Chinese capital that is smoggier than it was on his last visit in 2017 , when the authorities launched emergency measures to clear the skies of pollution days before his first state visit to Beijing. Factories were ordered to halt production and heavily polluting cars were banned from the roads in the days ahead of the US president’s trip nearly a decade ago, an era in which China had declared war on air pollution and made special efforts to clear the skies ahead of important political events such as visiting dignitaries and the Beijing Olympics. Continue reading...

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