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What Did the Trump-Xi Summit Really Achieve?

11 mins·08:30, 18 May 2026
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What Did the Trump-Xi Summit Really Achieve?

11 mins
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08:30, 18 May 2026
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Guest: Richard McGregor, Senior Fellow for East Asia, Lowy Institute

The latest Trump-Xi summit delivered carefully managed optics and promises of continued dialogue, but left major questions over trade, Taiwan, technology, and geopolitical tensions unresolved. As Washington and Beijing offer differing accounts of what was agreed, what does the meeting actually reveal about the current state of US-China relations and the direction of their long-term rivalry?

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Presenter: Richard Bradbury, Shazana Mokhtar

Producer: Agnes Ong

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