Deepa Shivaram

The closure of the strait has led to higher oil prices around the world.

and it's impacting Trump's political standing at home in the U.S.

But whether there's actual progress made on that or points of conversation like economic agreements and AI is unclear.

U.S.-China relations have been frosty for the last year.

Tensions were high when Trump and Xi met in South Korea last year over escalating tariffs.

And while that conflict has cooled, expectations for major takeaways from this upcoming meeting remain low.

Deepa Shivaram, NPR News, Washington.

President Trump said he's waiting on a response from Iran.

And in the meantime, he's still threatening to continue bombing Iran if they don't agree to the U.S.

proposal.

to end the war.

Since then, throughout the course of this past week, the U.S.

conducted strikes on Iran because they say three U.S.

Navy ships came under Iranian attack unprovoked.

Iran, on their part, says the U.S.

started that violence.

It was the first round of strikes that really took place since that ceasefire was negotiated weeks ago.

But at this point, things still kind of seem at a standstill of not really getting a lot worse, but also no end to the war anytime soon.

Trump has continually said the war in Iran would not last more than six weeks.

Now his message to Americans is that the war isn't lasting as long as other conflicts.