The lopsided pageantry of Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington reflects Donald Trump’s eagerness to preserve stable ties with China. It also stood in contrast to the paucity of the agenda
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“The point of this visit is the pageantry. It is the optics.” Former White House China official Julian Gewirtz says Trump succeeded in projecting a positive relationship with Xi Jinping, but it’s unclear what the US received in return
🔊 Trump and Xi Jinping are at the White House for a summit full of pageantry and likely light on actual dealmaking. The Reuters World News podcast has more on what to expect
Donald Trump welcomes Xi Jinping to Washington for a state visit focused more on pageantry than policy, looking beyond long-standing feuds between the world’s biggest economies