Overview

• President Donald Trump denied pursuing a summit with Xi Jinping and said he would only visit China at Xi’s request.
• He asserted that Xi has already extended a formal invitation, which he has no interest in soliciting himself.
• The United States and China remain locked in a trade war, with U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports exceeding 100 percent and China imposing reciprocal duties.
• U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng convened in Stockholm this week for their third round of trade negotiations.
• Although aides have discussed a potential Trump-Xi meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in South Korea, no date has been finalized for a leaders’ encounter.