Markets on Hold as Trump Meets Xi: What's Really at Stake? The world's markets are holding their breath as US President Donald Trump lands in Beijing for a high stakes meeting with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.
The optics of this encounter are impossible to ignore, and the implications for global trade and economic stability have been clear for months.
Beneath the surface level posturing about tariffs and export controls lies a far more complex game of chicken, one that threatens to upend the delicate balance of power in the Asia Pacific region.