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The art of a deal in a Trump-Xi summit
Trade, tariffs and Taiwan are expected to be on the table, but questions remain on what the US President hopes to gain and the price he is prepared to pay.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart, Mr Donald Trump, at a welcoming ceremony in Beijing in 2017.
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Warren Fernandez
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Amid the Chinese New Year festivities, China’s leaders must be busy pondering how to deal with an unexpected and irascible guest threatening to descend on them in Beijing. How to say no, without causing costly offence? And just what might be gained by rolling out the red carpet?
We are referring, of course, to US President Donald Trump.
