Trump due in China for high-stakes summit with Xi Jinping, as Iran war looms over talks Trump due in China for high-stakes summit with Xi Jinping, as Iran war looms over talks The US president will arrive with tech leaders including Elon Musk and Tim Cook, with trade, AI and Taiwan all set to be discussed David Smith in Beijing Wed 13 May 2026 05.01 BST Share Prefer the Guardian on Google Donald Trump is due to arrive in Beijing on Wednesday evening, the first visit to China by a US president in nearly a decade, as he seeks to mend power and prestige weakened by the war in Iran. Trump will bring tech leaders, including Elon Musk of Tesla and Tim Cook of Apple, and plans for headline-grabbing deals. He has said he expects China’s leader, Xi Jinping, would “give me a big, fat hug when I get there”. The big questions hanging over the Trump-Xi meeting in China Read more But the Middle East conflict that Trump started, and seems unable to finish, will cast a long shadow over two days o...