Overview
- The leaders, who met in Beijing on Thursday, talked for more than two hours in their first in-person meeting since October 2025.
- Xi raised Taiwan as the top issue in the relationship and warned that mishandling it could lead to confrontation.
- Trump said Xi offered help to keep shipping moving through the Strait of Hormuz and vowed to avoid supplying Iran with military gear.
- The White House said China wants to buy more U.S. oil to ease its reliance on supplies that move through Hormuz.
- No new trade deals were announced, and Trump brought top CEOs including Elon Musk and Tim Cook to signal a business focus.