Trade disputes, Taiwan and Iran war: Can US and China reach a consensus?

Trade disputes, Taiwan and Iran war: Can US and China reach a consensus? Submitted by Nelson Wong on Fri, 05/08/2026 - 15:31 When Trump and his team meet their Chinese counterparts this time, the contrasts will be impossible to ignore US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping arrive for talks in Busan, South Korea, on 30 October 2025 (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP) On As US President Donald Trump prepares to touch down in China for his first visit to the country since the start of his second term, the world is once again watching the uneasy dance between the world’s two largest economies. On the surface, the agenda reads like a standard superpower summit: trade, technology, geopolitics and regional security.