{"id":646528,"date":"2026-05-16T10:43:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T10:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/646528\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T10:43:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T10:43:10","slug":"trump-leaves-china-after-much-pomp-and-pageantry-but-little-to-show-for-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/646528\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump leaves China after much pomp and pageantry, but little to show for it"},"content":{"rendered":"

As US President Donald Trump<\/a> landed back in Washington on Friday after his two-day summit in Beijing with Chinese President Xi Jinping<\/a>, a quick US assessment on one of the most consequential diplomatic visits of Trump\u2019s presidency was: impressive optics, trademark flawless Chinese hosting, but disappointing concrete achievements, according to analysts, industry trade groups and former US officials.\u201cThe economic deliverables coming out of the Trump-Xi meeting<\/a> are way below expectations. In light of the priority Trump puts on the economic-trade leg of the bilateral relationship, it\u2019s disappointing that more wasn\u2019t accomplished,\u201d said Wendy Cutler, a former acting deputy US Trade Representative, whose experience tussling with China extends back to its 2001 accession into the World Trade Organization<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But years of spiralling US-China tension do not disappear in 48 hours, even if the US president is not distracted by a war that contributed to sub-par US preparation, prompting analysts to hedge, adding that they would suspend full judgment until more details emerge in the coming days and weeks.<\/p>\n

Among the unseens and unknowns included word on the frequently teased Board of Trade, Board of Investment and mega Chinese sales of soy and other US farm products; Chinese confirmation of a 200-aircraft Boeing purchase deal, itself below expectations; any extension of the trade truce; and any progress on a slew of business and market opening deals.<\/p>\n

Adding to this long list were any meeting of minds on AI, nuclear weapons, tariffs, export controls, semiconductors, rare earths and tensions around Taiwan<\/a> and the South China Sea<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2018A milestone visit\u2019: Xi and Trump set sights on stability for China-US relations<\/p>\n

\u201cThese matters appear to still be in the works, so we may see further announcements in the coming days,\u201d added Cutler, now senior vice-president of the Asia Society Policy Institute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As US President Donald Trump landed back in Washington on Friday after his two-day summit in Beijing with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":646529,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[182,221452,550,16794,28,144,106625,12,801,803,3471,24647,1866,3998,21,6132],"class_list":["post-646528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-ai","tag-asia-society-policy-institute","tag-beijing","tag-boeing","tag-business","tag-china","tag-council-on-foreign-relations","tag-donald-trump","tag-iran","tag-israel","tag-japan","tag-south-china-sea","tag-south-korea","tag-taiwan","tag-united-states","tag-xi-jinping"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=646528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/646529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}