Trump-Xi summit cordial but short on substance | FT #shorts
Financial Times·2026-05-16 03:00
The summit has just finished and Xi Jinping and Donald Trump have had a very cordial set of encounters. From my point of view though, Xi Jinping in terms of the optics at least came out on top. Trump was going into this summit at a very difficult moment.He was looking for some kind of validation from Xi Jinping and from this trip to China. He needed to come out with a win. On Taiwan, Xi struck a very strong note right at the beginning of the meetings when he said that this is a a red line for for the Chines ...