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Beijing: Donald Trump has wound up a two-day summit in Beijing touting a strong and stable relationship with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, but with no clear sign of having secured major breakthroughs on trade or the Iran war.<\/p>\n

Trump and Xi on Friday held a second round of talks and walked together in Zhongnanhai, the secretive headquarters of the ruling Communist Party and residence of its top leaders.<\/p>\n

\"DonaldDonald Trump takes a tour with Xi Jinping at the Zhongnanhai leadership compound.AP\"XiXi and Trump strolled through a covered passageway with green columns and archways painted with birds and traditional Chinese mountain scenes.Getty<\/p>\n

In his opening remarks at the compound, Trump said his visit to Beijing had allowed the two powers to stabilise their relations.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve settled a lot of different problems that other people wouldn\u2019t have been able to settle. And the relationship is a very strong one. We\u2019ve really done wonderful things, I believe,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n

He insisted that both countries were on the same page when it came to ending the war in Iran, although Xi made no mention of the regime during his public statements throughout the summit.<\/p>\n

\"TrumpTrump shakes hands with Xi while leaving after a visit to Zhongnanhai.Evan Vucci\/Pool Reuters via AP<\/p>\n

\u201cWe did discuss Iran. We feel very similar, and we want that to end. We don\u2019t want them to have a nuclear weapon, we want the straits open,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n

The US president was widely expected to press Xi to leverage Beijing\u2019s relationship with Tehran and play a more interventionist role in mediating the conflict and get the Strait of Hormuz open.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Fox News the previous evening, Trump claimed that Xi had offered to help broker peace with Iran during their summit talks, an assertion that the Chinese side has not responded to.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe said, if I can be of any help at all, I would like to be of help,\u201d Trump told the network.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Ahead of the second day of talks on Friday, the Chinese Foreign Ministry issued a curt statement that took aim at the US\u2019s decision with Israel to attack Iran.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis conflict, which should never have happened, has no reason to continue,\u201d the ministry said, adding it was causing significant harm to Iran and other Gulf countries, as well as strangling global energy supplies and disrupting trade.<\/p>\n

At Zhongnanhai, Xi guided Trump on a tour through the gardens that feature ancient trees and Chinese roses, and they strolled through a covered passageway with green columns and archways painted with birds and traditional Chinese mountain scenes.<\/p>\n

Xi characterised Trump\u2019s visit as a \u201cmilestone\u201d that has \u201cestablished a new bilateral relationship, or rather a constructive, strategic, stable relationship\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe Trump administration remains confident that the trip by the US president will deliver results. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Despite the optimistic tone, no breakthrough commitments were jointly confirmed by the delegations as the US president headed back to Washington, and fundamental tensions over core issues, from trade to Taiwan, remain.<\/p>\n

Xi issued a clear warning at the start of the summit over the status of Taiwan, implying the potential for the US to \u201cmishandle\u201d it was the key risk to shattering the fragile stability between China-US ties.<\/p>\n

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told NBC News that American policy towards Taiwan remained \u201cunchanged\u201d and framed Xi\u2019s comments as standard practice.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThey always raise it on their side. We always make clear our position, and we move on to the other topics,\u201d said Rubio, who was among senior aides to join Trump for the talks.<\/p>\n

While official trade announcements are lacking so far, the Trump administration was confident the summit would deliver wins.<\/p>\n

Trump, in his remarks at Zhongnanhai, said the leaders had struck \u201cfantastic trade deals\u201d during an \u201cincredible\u201d visit. \u201cA lot of good has come of it,\u201d he said, including deals that were \u201cgreat for both countries\u201d.<\/p>\n

He said China had agreed to buy 200 Boeing aircraft, far fewer than the 500-plane package expected by analysts. China has not confirmed the deal.<\/p>\n

\"TrumpTrump proposes a toast during a state dinner at Beijing\u2019s Great Hall of the People on Thursday.AP<\/p>\n

Expectations of China buying more US agricultural products were particularly touted by the Trump administration ahead of the final meeting between the leaders.<\/p>\n

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told Bloomberg Television on Friday that China would commit to billions in American agricultural purchases.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe expect to also see an agreement for double-digit billion purchases of ags over the next three years, per year, coming out of this visit, and that\u2019s more general, that\u2019s aggregate, that\u2019s not just soybeans, that\u2019s everything else,\u201d Greer said.<\/p>\n

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Heading into the meetings, US officials had floated the creation of a so-called \u201cBoard of Trade\u201d, pitching it as a mechanism to put trade tensions between the two countries to simmer by reducing levies and trade barriers on non-critical goods.<\/p>\n

Greer, who accompanied Trump on the trip, also commented on the latest warning regarding Taiwan by Xi, as reported by Chinese media, saying that the tone during the meetings had not been sharp.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t expect the Taiwan issue to bleed into [the] Board of Trade. I just don\u2019t,\u201d Greer told Bloomberg Television.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve known for a long time that the Taiwan issue is of key importance to the Chinese.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Trump and Xi ended day one of their summit with a banquet at the Great Hall of the People.<\/p>\n

\"DonaldDonald Trump shakes hands with Xi Jinping during a state banquet at the Great Hall of the People on Thursday.Getty\"TheThe table setting for the banquet.Getty Images<\/p>\n

Both leaders gave toasts, with Xi weaving in a MAGA reference while keeping to a very tight script that hit the usual talking points about co-operation rather than confrontation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe people of China and the United States are both great peoples; achieving the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and making America great again can go hand in hand,\u201d Xi said.<\/p>\n

Trump was similarly on-message and did not veer from a pre-written speech, which touched on China\u2019s historical influence in America, noting that founding father Benjamin Franklin published Confucius\u2019 sayings in his colonial newspaper.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe president gave a final wave at the top of the stairs.AP <\/p>\n

\u201cMany Chinese now love basketball and blue jeans,\u201d Trump said. \u201cChinese restaurants in America today now outnumber the five largest fast-food chains in the United States, all combined. That\u2019s a pretty big statement.\u201d<\/p>\n

He finished the toast by inviting Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan, to visit the White House in September.<\/p>\n

The guests dined on a fusion of Chinese and Western dishes, featuring Beijing roast duck \u2013 China\u2019s national dish \u2013 and beef ribs, lobster in tomato soup, stewed seasonal vegetables, slow-cooked salmon in mustard sauce and pan-fried pork buns.<\/p>\n

There was tiramisu, fruit, ice-cream and a \u201ctrumpet-shell shaped pastry for dessert\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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