BEIJING: US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping commenced a Super Powers Summit on issues like Sino-US Trade, Taiwan and Iran, here on Thursday (14th May, 2026).
US President Donald Trump, holding that it was an honour to be the friend of Xi Jinping, stated that their countries would have a fantastic future together. Xi said that US and China should be partners and not rivals.
US President arrived here on a 3-day state visit on13th May. Before leaving for Beijing Trump told reporters: “I don’t think we need any help with Iran”. Nevertheless, savants at the helm of affairs believe that he will attempt to encourage Chinese President to persuade Tehran to agree to peace deal and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
The Super Powers rendezvous is important for Trump at this point of time, when his approval ratings is going down due to inflation caused by augmenting prices of oil as a result of long war and Hormuz blockade. While, Iran and Taiwan are in the agenda, presence of entrepreneurs in Airforce 1 insinuates that Trump is determined to focus on business.
Businessmen onboard include Tim Cook (Apple), Elon Musk (Tesla), Kelly Ortberg (Boeing), Dina Powell McCormick (Meta). Executives from Blackrock, Blackstone, Cargill, Citi, Coherent, GE Aerospace, Goldman Sachs, Illumina, Mastercard, Micron, Qualcomm, and Visa are also part of Trump’s delegation.
Conspicuous among others in the delegation there are Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
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M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career forty-five years ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.
