China-US talks

China-US talks

US President Donald Trump (L) and China's President Xi Jinping shake hands while walking at Mar-a-Lago estate after a bilateral meeting in Palm Beach, Florida, US, on 7 April, 2017. Photo: REUTERS

What's on the agenda in next week's Trump-Xi talks?

US officials will likely seek Chinese purchases in categories like aircraft, agriculture and energy, said Christopher Padilla of advisory firm Brunswick

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva stands for a photograph with Asean Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn during their meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, 24 October 2025. Photo: REUTERS

What to expect from Southeast Asian leaders' summit as Trump attends

Yang Jiechi, director of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission Office for China, addresses the U.S. delegation at the opening session of U.S.-China talks at the Captain Cook Hotel in Anchorage, Alaska, U.S. March 18, 2021. Frederic J. Brown/Pool via REUTERS

Quips on translators offer brief moment of levity in China-US talks