Tracey Mumford
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1,190 appearances
20 recordings
1 series
first heard Feb 2025
last heard 12 Jun
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In Beijing this morning, President Trump was welcomed with a 21-gun salute as Chinese President Xi Jinping greeted him for the start of their high-stakes summit.
The meeting marks the first visit to China by a U.S.
president in nearly a decade.
And in their opening remarks, both leaders stressed the importance of U.S.-China cooperation.
But hanging over that relationship, and this week's talks, are longstanding clashes over trade and Taiwan, as well as a new source of tension, the war in Iran.
Iran is China's closest partner in the Middle East, and the country buys about 80% of Iran's oil exports.
Since the beginning of the war, China has given Iran intelligence, plus access to a spy satellite that has tracked the positions of U.S.
forces in the region.
And just as Trump was flying to China, the Times learned from U.S.
officials that Chinese companies have been discussing selling weapons to Iran.
No Chinese weapons seem to have been used on the battlefield yet, but the American officials say the plan would be to send the weapons via third-party countries to hide the fact that they're coming from China.
Whether President Trump will bring any of that up on this visit, though, and pressure China over its support for Iran is an open question.
He seems eager to keep the U.S.
relationship with China stable rather than stirring up conflict.
And, notably, the war in Iran has actually tied the U.S.
more closely to China.
That's because China dominates global production of rare earth minerals, which are crucial components of U.S.
weapons, from cruise missiles to fighter jets.
One former U.S.
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