Trump, Xi Hold 2-Day Beijing Summit Talks as CEOs Join High-Stakes China Visit
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Updated · BBC.com · May 14
Trump, Xi Hold 2-Day Beijing Summit Talks as CEOs Join High-Stakes China Visit
9 articles · Updated · BBC.com · May 14
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping opened high-stakes bilateral talks in Beijing on Thursday, then toured the 15th-century Temple of Heaven after about two hours of meetings.
Xi told Trump that “the whole world is watching” as global turbulence accelerates, while Trump said the two had repeatedly worked out past problems quickly by phone.
Beijing gave Trump a full ceremonial welcome at the Great Hall of the People, with a gun salute, troop inspection, red-carpet arrival and children waving US and Chinese flags.
Top US business leaders joined the trip, including Apple’s Tim Cook, Tesla’s Elon Musk, BlackRock’s Larry Fink and Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, underscoring the summit’s commercial and technology stakes.
The visit runs across Thursday and Friday, putting US-China ties and the leaders’ personal channel at the center of a closely watched summit.
With global conflicts escalating, can the Trump-Xi meeting secure any breakthroughs on Taiwan or Middle East stability?
Beyond a massive Boeing deal, will Trump's summit truly open China's restricted markets for American tech?
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Overview
On May 13, 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping launched a pivotal summit in Beijing, marked by a ceremonial welcome and closed-door talks at the Great Hall of the People. A notable feature was the inclusion of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang in the U.S. delegation, invited by President Trump to advance American interests. Huang’s participation was widely viewed as a positive step, reflecting the summit’s focus on economic and technological issues. The event set a diplomatic tone for high-stakes discussions, highlighting both cooperation and ongoing rivalry between the two nations.