Overview
- The leaders held a roughly two-hour session in Beijing on Thursday that paired a lavish welcome with a stark warning from Xi over Taiwan.
- Xi said mishandling the Taiwan issue could lead to tensions or even conflict and called it the most important issue in the relationship.
- Trump praised Xi and said before the trip he would raise an $11 billion U.S. weapons package for Taiwan that has been approved but not carried out.
- Talks also covered trade, market access and the Iran war, with the White House saying both sides backed keeping the Strait of Hormuz open and Trump inviting Xi to Washington in September.
- Trump told Fox News that Xi agreed to buy 200 Boeing 737s and more U.S. soybeans, a claim not confirmed by Chinese officials that could shape factory jobs and farm income if it materializes.