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Trump Lands in China

Wednesday, May 13, 2026 6:33

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It will be Trump’s second meeting with President Xi in the US president’s second term. The first was on October 30 last year at the APEC summit in South Korea. This is the first state visit to China by a U.S. president since Trump’s 2017 meeting (White House).

He arrives at a time when the US and China are competing for dominance in trade and technology as well as global influence. Last October, Xi and Trump met in South Korea and agreed to a truce in their trade war, with the US unwinding tariffs that had hit 145 per cent after Beijing squeezed the supply to the US of critical minerals needed to manufacture high-tech products.… Some US officials say both sides are now pursuing “strategic stability” to buy time to work on their weak spots — including rare earths for the US and semiconductors for China. But others have disparagingly dubbed it “strategic deference” on the part of the US, and worry that Washington is abrogating its role in securing the world order against growing authoritarianism led by Xi and Russia’s Vladimir Putin. American allies in Asia are especially anxious that Trump — who at that encounter with Xi in October described the Chinese president as “a friend of mine, really for a long time now” — might concede ground on regional security, especially on Taiwan, which Beijing regards as its territory. Trump has at times seemed ambivalent about Taiwan despite its importance to the US and its allies as a strategic bulwark in the western Pacific and its dominance of the advanced semiconductor industry (Financial Times).

President Donald J. Trump departs Washington D.C. for a historic visit to China! pic.twitter.com/8Qok0Xcqcd

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) May 12, 2026

President Donald Trump is traveling to China alongside a CEO lineup that reads almost like a list of the most powerful companies in America.

The president is expected to pressure the Chinese president on Iran.

Financial Times: President Donald Trump will urge President Xi Jinping to curb China’s support for Iran when the leaders meet in Beijing this week. “I would expect the president to apply pressure,” a US official told reporters in a briefing. He said Trump would resume previous discussions with Xi about China’s support for Iran and Russia, including providing them with dual-use components and potential arms exports. “I expect that conversation to continue. I think you’ve seen some actions, meaning sanctions, coming out from the US side just in the last few days that I’m sure will be part of that conversation,” the official added. The state department on Friday imposed sanctions on three Chinese satellite companies for providing imagery and other services to Iran that helped it conduct military strikes against US forces in the Middle East. The Treasury also sanctioned Yushita Shanghai International Trade for helping Iran import man-portable air-defensive systems [Manpads] from China…. Trump and Xi are meeting six months after reaching a one-year trade war truce at their summit in South Korea. The second official said it was unclear if they would extend the ceasefire in Beijing, or later. “I’m confident that we’ll announce any potential extension at the appropriate time,” he said (Financial Times).

Entourage of Tech Leaders to Join Trump on China Trip

Including, notably, Elon Musk.

Rusty Weiss at RedState: President Trump and Elon Musk … reunited again. The president has personally invited the Tesla CEO, along with a powerful delegation of top American business leaders, including Apple’s Tim Cook and BlackRock’s Larry Fink, to join him on a high-stakes trip to China this week…. After months of distance following the 2024 election cycle, the high-profile reunion signals a renewed alliance as the Trump-Musk power duo prepares to negotiate major business deals and push for American interests. The band is back together again, albeit in a less dramatic capacity (RedState).

Joining the delegation are Tim Cook of Apple, Elon Musk of Tesla, Larry Fink, David Solomon, Jane Fraser, Stephen Schwarzman, Chuck Robbins, Cristiano Amon, and executives representing companies such as Boeing, Micron Technology, Visa, Mastercard, GE Aerospace, Cargill, and Meta Platforms.

The delegation spans nearly every major sector tied to the U.S.-China economic relationship, including semiconductors, AI infrastructure, consumer tech, banking, aerospace, payments, biotech, manufacturing, and agriculture.

The fact that so many CEOs are personally making the trip shows just how high the stakes remain for both sides.

More from David Manney at PJ Media (PJ Media).

Source: https://gellerreport.com/2026/05/trump-lands-in-china.html/

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