Trump exits China summit without major wins on trade or Iran

Iran Herald · May 15, 2026 Politics

BEIJING, China: President Donald Trump left Beijing on May 15 after two days of meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping that produced warm rhetoric and ceremonial pageantry but few concrete breakthroughs on trade, technology and Taiwan. The visit, Trump's first to China since 2017, was intended to deliver visible economic and diplomatic gains ahead of U. S.