'A desire to lower the temperature on both sides', expert says as Trump meets Xi

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'A desire to lower the temperature on both sides', expert says as Trump meets Xi Americas

Issued on: 14/05/2026 - 21:20Modified: 14/05/2026 - 21:22

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Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump started a crucial series of meetings in Beijing on Thursday in the U.S.-China summit. Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Garret Martin, Lecturer and Co-Director Transatlantic Policy Center at the American University School of International Service, says that "what we saw today was not much in substance but at the very least a desire to lower the temperature on both sides".

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• Xi Jinping
• Donald Trump
• China
• Taiwan
• Iran
• diplomacy

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