China Signals It Will Accept Trump’s Push to Rebuild Tariff Wall

Despite six meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping during U.S. President Donald Trump's three-day stay (May 13-15), no substantial breakthrough was made for the bilateral relationship.

The world's two top economies spent much of 2025 embroiled in an escalating trade war, until the two leaders reached a one-year truce when they met in South Korea in October.

The commitment would take Chinese imports of U.S. agriculture back towards all-time highs, ⁠but fulfilling it would likely require Beijing to drop its tariffs imposed during ​the trade war.

The Trump-Xi summit was long on well-choreographed pageantry and symbolism, short on measurable results.