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President Donald Trump arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for his highly anticipated\u00a0talks with Chinese President\u00a0Xi Jinping\u00a0on\u00a0the Iran war, trade and U.S. arms sales to Taiwan.<\/p>\n

Read more U.S. and China seek to repair damage from tariff war that sent trade into a freefall<\/a><\/p>\n

The meat of the summit won’t happen until Thursday, when the leaders hold bilateral talks and a formal banquet. But the Chinese offered Trump a pomp-filled welcome, literally rolling out the red carpet for him after Air Force One landed in the Chinese capital.<\/p>\n

The president was to be greeted by Chinese Vice President Han Zheng; Xie Feng, China\u2019s ambassador to Washington; Ma Zhaoxu, executive vice minister of foreign affairs; as well as the U.S. envoy to Beijing, David Perdue, according to the White House. The welcoming ceremony includes some 300 Chinese youths, a military honor guard and a military band.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe’re the two superpowers,\u201d Trump told reporters as he departed the White House on Tuesday. \u201cWe’re the strongest nation on Earth in terms of military. China\u2019s considered second.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Trump likes to project a sense of strength, the visit occurs at a delicate moment for his presidency as his popularity at home has been weighed down by the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran and rising inflation as a consequence of that conflict. The Republican president is seeking a win by signing deals with China to buy more American soybeans, beef and aircraft, saying he’ll be talking with Xi about trade \u201cmore than anything else.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Trump administration hopes to begin the process of establishing a Board of Trade with China to address differences between the countries. The board could help prevent the trade war ignited last year after Trump’s tariff hikes, an action China countered through its control of rare earth minerals. That led to a one-year truce last October.<\/p>\n

But Trump visits Beijing when Iran continues to dominate his domestic agenda. The war has led to the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, stranding oil and natural gas tankers and causing energy prices to spike to levels that could sabotage global economic growth. The U.S. president declared that Xi didn\u2019t need to assist in resolving the conflict, even though Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was in Beijing last week.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a lot of things to discuss. I wouldn\u2019t say Iran is one of them, to be honest with you, because we have Iran very much under control,” Trump told reporters Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Taiwan high on the agenda<\/h2>\n

The status of Taiwan also appears to be a major topic as China is displeased with U.S. plans to sell weapons to the self-governing island that the Chinese government claims as part of its own territory.<\/p>\n

Trump told reporters Monday that he would be discussing with Xi an $11 billion weapons package for Taiwan that the U.S. administration authorized in December but has not yet begun fulfilling. The arms package is the largest ever approved for Taiwan.<\/p>\n

But the U.S. leader has demonstrated greater ambivalence toward Taiwan, an approach that\u2019s raising questions about whether Trump could be open to dialing back support for the island democracy.<\/p>\n

At the same time, Taiwan \u2014 as the world’s leading chipmaker \u2014 has become essential for the development of AI, with the U.S. importing more goods so far this year from Taiwan than China. Trump has sought to use Biden-era programs and his own deals to bring more chipmaking to America.<\/p>\n

The Chinese Communist Party’s news outlet, People’s Daily, published a strongly worded editorial on Tuesday underscoring that Taiwan is \u201cthe first red line that cannot be crossed in China-U.S. relations\u201d and is \u201cthe biggest point of risk\u201d between the two nations.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPresident Donald Trump said Tuesday that despite economic strain due to the war with Iran, his focus is not on American wallets. \u201cI don\u2019t think about Americans\u2019 financial situation. \u2026 I think about one thing \u2014 we cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon. That\u2019s all.\u201d\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n

Trump says relationship with Xi is on solid footing<\/h2>\n

Trump was already portraying the trip as a success before he left White House grounds. He openly mused about Xi’s planned reciprocal visit to the U.S., lamenting that the ballroom under construction would not be completed in time to properly fete the Chinese leader.<\/p>\n

Read more Trump offers platitudes, Xi warns of coming confrontation during China summit<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to have a great relationship for many, many decades to come,\u201d Trump said of the U.S. and China. \u201cAs you know, President Xi will be coming here toward the end of the year. So that would be exciting. I only wish we had the ballroom finished.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump said he had spoken with the Chinese leader and the meeting would be \u201cpositive” as he embarked on Air Force One with a coterie of aides, family members and business world titans, including Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and Tesla and SpaceX’s Elon Musk.<\/p>\n

Trump, as he flew to Beijing, posted on social media that his “first request” to Xi during the visit will be to ask the Chinese leader to bolster the presence of U.S. firms in China.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will be asking President Xi, a Leader of extraordinary distinction, to \u2018open up\u2019 China so that these brilliant people can work their magic, and help bring the People\u2019s Republic to an even higher level!\u201d wrote Trump, who is expected to receive a formal ceremonial greeting when he arrives in the Chinese capital on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n

Despite Trump\u2019s outward confidence, China appears to be entering the meeting from \u201ca much stronger place,” said Scott Kennedy, a senior adviser on Chinese business and economics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think tank.<\/p>\n

China would like to reduce tech restrictions on accessing computer chips and find ways to reduce tariffs, among other goals.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut even if they don\u2019t get much on any of those things, as long as there\u2019s not a blow-up in the meeting and President Trump doesn\u2019t go away and look to re-escalate, China basically comes out stronger,\u201d Kennedy said.<\/p>\n

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng met on Wednesday to discuss economic and trade issues at Incheon International Airport, just west of the South Korean capital Seoul, according to the Chinese state run Xinhua News Agency.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDuring an address to the nation, President Donald Trump defended the war in the Middle East by saying Iran was building nuclear weapons.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n

Trump wants 3-way nuclear arms deal<\/h2>\n

Trump also intends to raise the idea of the U.S., China and Russia signing a pact that would set limits on the nuclear weapons each nation keeps in its arsenal, according to a senior Trump administration official who briefed reporters ahead of the trip. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity under ground rules set by the White House.<\/p>\n

China has previously been cool to entering such a pact. Beijing’s arsenal, according to Pentagon estimates, exceeds more than 600 operational nuclear warheads and is far from parity with the U.S. and Russia, which each are estimated to have more than 5,000 nuclear warheads.<\/p>\n

The last nuclear arms pact, known as the New START treaty, between Russia and the United States expired in February, removing any caps on the two largest atomic arsenals for the first time in more than a half-century. As the treaty was set to expire, Trump rejected a call by Russia to extend the two-country deal for another year and called for \u201ca new, improved, and modernized\u201d deal that includes China. <\/p>\n

The Pentagon estimates China has more than 600 operational nuclear warheads and will have over 1,000 by 2030.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

Boak reported from Washington. Huizhong Wu in Bangkok and Hyung-jin Kim in Seoul, South Korea, contributed reporting.<\/em><\/p>\n

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