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Trump-Xi Beijing Showdown: Technology, Trade Deficit, and Human Rights
« on: May 11, 2026, 10:48:28 am »
Trump-Xi Beijing Showdown: Technology, Trade Deficit, and Human Rights
By Ward Clark | 12:03 PM on May 10, 2026

China is the United States' primary geopolitical rival now. The Middle Kingdom has been arming up, building a navy, and casting a speculative eye at Taiwan - and some other places in the western Pacific. This is the only country right now that could engage the United States in anything like a near-peer conflict.

President Trump is set to visit China in the next few days, and there is, reportedly, a lot on the agenda for him to discuss with China's leader Xi Jinping. It would be fascinating to be a fly on the wall during these discussions, as human rights and Iran, among other things, are sure to be on the agenda.

    After postponing a scheduled trip to China from March to May due to the U.S. strikes on Iran, President Donald Trump is set to visit the country for the first time since 2017 and is heading into the meeting with a long agenda.

    While the two countries are often seen at odds, Trump maintains he has a good relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

    The two leaders are expected to cover several topics during the two-day visit, including trade, technology, human rights, security and Iran.

    The president heads into the meeting with a trade deficit with China of $202.1 billion in 2025, according to the Office of the United States Trade Representative. China is the third-largest trade partner with the U.S. Trump has tried to close that gap with his tariffs, but has run into legal roadblocks in court over the legality of his tariff policies.

    Last fall, when the two leaders met, they agreed on a handful of key trade issues, including China’s purchase of American soybeans and a rare earth deal.

Iran is sure to be a hot topic. Iran is a major supplier of oil to China, and at the moment, Iran isn't selling much (if any) oil; President Trump has his boot on their necks. That situation doesn't look likely to be resolved before President Trump makes his China trip, so there may be some interesting discussion there, especially since China has been at least tangentially involved in Operation Epic Fury - and not on our side.

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https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/05/10/trump-xi-beijing-showdown-technology-trade-deficit-and-human-rights-n2202195
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Re: Trump-Xi Beijing Showdown: Technology, Trade Deficit, and Human Rights
« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2026, 10:48:54 am »
I wish he wasn't going on this trip...
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Re: Trump-Xi Beijing Showdown: Technology, Trade Deficit, and Human Rights
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Re: Trump-Xi Beijing Showdown: Technology, Trade Deficit, and Human Rights
« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2026, 12:47:23 pm »
Quote from: mystery-ak on May 11, 2026, 10:48:54 am
I wish he wasn't going on this trip...

He's safer in China than at a public event in the USA.
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« Reply #4 on: May 11, 2026, 03:06:42 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on May 11, 2026, 12:47:23 pm
He's safer in China than at a public event in the USA.

True dat...sad to say.
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Re: Trump-Xi Beijing Showdown: Technology, Trade Deficit, and Human Rights
« Reply #5 on: May 11, 2026, 06:46:17 pm »
Elon Musk and Tim Cook among CEOs expected to accompany Trump on China trip
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Kali Hays,Technology reporterand
Archie Mitchell,Business reporter

US President Donald Trump is expected to bring a host of top business and technology industry executives on his trip to China this week.

Among those set to join the president on his official trip to Beijing are Tim Cook of Apple, Elon Musk of Tesla and SpaceX, Larry Fink of BlackRock, as well as other executives from Meta, Visa, JP Morgan, Boeing, Cargill and more.

In total, 17 US executives will join Trump on the trip, a White House official with knowledge of the plans told the BBC.

The trip is seen as important for the US, as Trump will meet with President Xi Jinping at a time of growing economic and technological animosity between the two countries.

In addition to Musk, Cook and Fink, the full list of the executives set to join Trump as part of the official US delegation to China is as follows:

    Dina Powell McCormick, president and vice chair of Meta
    Kelly Ortberg, president and chief executive of Boeing
    Ryan McInerney, chief executive of Visa
    Stephen Schwarzman, chief executive of Blackstone
    Brian Sikes, chief executive and chairman of Cargill
    Jane Fraser, chief executive of Citi
    Jim Anderson, chief executive of Coherent
    Henry Lawrence Culp, chief executive of GE Aerospace
    David Solomon, chief executive of Goldman Sachs
    Jacob Thaysen, chief executive of Illumina
    Michael Miebach, president of Mastercard

Chuck Robbins, chief executive and chairman of Cisco, had been invited to be a part of the trip "but is unable to due to earnings," according to a company spokeswoman.

Together, the executives represent a swath of US business interests, from social media and consumer hardware, to computer chips and commercial manufacturing.

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Re: Trump-Xi Beijing Showdown: Technology, Trade Deficit, and Human Rights
« Reply #6 on: May 11, 2026, 06:50:04 pm »
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If you’ve been freaking out about China buying up farmland (and you should), this would be even worse.
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!!    "Mr. Trump and Xi Jinping are reportedly considering a deal to allow China to invest $1 trillion in the U.S. largely to build factories on American soil.”
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