Chinese president Xi Jinping and Canadian PM Mark Carney, in the first formal sit-down since 2017, discussed about agriculture and agri-food products, including canola, seafood

China will look to ramp up its military targeting of Taiwan in the next two years, a security expert has warned, as  Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are urged to address the possibility of war in their upcoming summits.

Europe is now caught in the crossfire of the U.S.–China trade war — and paying the price. As Beijing tightens control over rare earth exports and advanced chip supplies, the EU’s dependency has been laid bare.

The president said he would cut tariffs on China, while Beijing had agreed to allow the export of rare earth elements and start buying American soybeans.

The core goal of the meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping was clear enough: bring the temperature down and strike some agreements that would stabilise one of the world’s most important bilateral relationships.

A critic of the returning Lord Macartney delegation from Britain to China in 1793 aptly noted that they had been treated with ceremony, entertained royally, and flattered in excess by Qianlong Emperor—and yet returned empty handed. This must rank as one of the earliest examples of the travails of seeking to do business with China.

President Donald Trump said he had an “amazing” meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, where “a lot of decisions were made” on fentanyl, rare earth minerals and more.

Xi told Trump that Beijing had been helping the two Southeast Asian neighbours to settle their border dispute "in our own way", South China Morning Post reported.