Trump left China after "fantastic" trade deals with Xi and agreement on Iran
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Trump announced the conclusion of fantastic trade deals and a joint position with China regarding Iran. China will purchase 200 Boeing aircraft, although the parties have disagreements over Taiwan. Following the conclusion of the visit, the US President departed for home.
U.S. President Donald Trump, who met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping for the second time today, stated that "fantastic" trade deals were made during the talks with Xi, that both he and Xi want the war with Iran to end, and after lunch with Xi, he headed to the airport and boarded Air Force One for his flight home and departed from Beijing, UNN reports citing NBC News.
Details
Trump and Xi had another chance to talk today.
The U.S. President said that both sides had struck "fantastic trade deals."
Trump also reported that he and Xi had settled "many different problems" that others would have struggled to solve, and offered lavish praise for the U.S.-China relationship.
"We discussed Iran," Trump said, adding that he and Xi share similar views on how they want the conflict to end.
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"We don't want them to have nuclear weapons; we want the straits to be open," he added, referring to the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping lane whose effective closure by Iran has disrupted global energy supplies.
On the first day of talks between the U.S. and China, Xi warned of "clashes and even conflicts" over Taiwan, cautioning Trump that tensions over the island claimed by Beijing could jeopardize ties between the world's two largest economies.
Xi delivered this stern warning when the two leaders met for high-stakes talks in Beijing at the start of the two-day summit. This contrasted with the public praise both leaders expressed when they arrived for a formal welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in the Chinese capital.
After the second day of talks and a closed-door lunch with Xi, concluding his state visit, Trump headed to Beijing Capital International Airport to board Air Force One.
The U.S. President's motorcade arrived at the airport in Beijing, where he prepared for his departure home. Trump was met with a red carpet and an honor guard, as well as high-ranking officials who saw him off.
As he boarded Air Force One, chants of "Goodbye, goodbye, a warm farewell" were heard.
Air Force One has now departed from Beijing. The U.S. President has concluded his whirlwind visit to China and is heading home to the U.S.
His plane took off from Beijing Capital International Airport at approximately 2:41 p.m. local time.
Addendum
As CNN notes, the two-day talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping "have so far resulted in limited tangible agreements," although officials hinted that new deals could be struck. However, the turbulent history between the two superpowers suggests that any deals made now could always fall apart later. The implementation of multi-billion dollar deals can take years, leaving plenty of time for tensions to escalate, intentionally or not, and for agreements to be broken, the publication writes.
Analysts' expectations, the publication points out, were low ahead of the summit, as core factors such as technology export controls and the Taiwan issue continued to strain relations between the two superpowers.
Trump said on Thursday that Xi had agreed to order 200 Boeing aircraft, while U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said a deal for China to buy "double-digit billions" of dollars worth of U.S. agricultural products was also expected. Analysts called these deals relatively "low-hanging fruit."
But even these deals could be tested by occasional spikes in tension, the publication notes.