Trump Visits China : A Ray of Hope for Global Peace II
Dr. Syed Mehboob
Economic and Political Analyst
http//: www.thenewslark.com
America is unable to bear the Himalayan burden of debt which is mounting to US$ 39,244 billion. Following is the detail of US debt.
US debt as on 15th May 2026 : US$ 39,244 billion
Debt Per Citizen : US$ 14. 153
US debt to GDP ratio
Year Debt to GDP ratio
1960 52.89
2000 57.91
2026 122.18
US interest paid 2026 : 6,923 billion US$
Total trade deficit of USA : US$ 740.13 billion
US trade deficit with China : US$ 146.55 billion
Total US GDP US$ 32, 120 billion ( 2026)
Statistics show that US economy is unable to bear Himalayan burden of trade deficit and mounting debt. So America needs a deal, to save its face and the future of its next generation. Its illegal, unjustified support to Israel has made its face black at international level and the great majority of the people of the world does not like its policies supporting genocide in Gaza therefore US need to improve its image and move forward towards a peace deal and Chinese cooperation in this regard is very important.
Before the war, about a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas supplies passed through the waterway.But diplomacy has been on hold since last week when Iran and the U.S. each rejected the other's most recent proposals.
Thousands of Iranians were killed in the U.S. and Israeli airstrikes in the first weeks of the war, and thousands more have been killed in Lebanon since the war reignited fighting between Israel and the Iran-backed group Hezbollah.
Trump said his aims in starting the war were to destroy Iran's nuclear program, end its ability to attack neighbours and make it easier for Iranians to overthrow their government. Trump failed to get his targets but jeopardized global peace.
America wants Tehran to hand over the uranium and forgo further enrichment. Iran is seeking the lifting of sanctions, reparations for war damage and acknowledgment of its control over the strait.
From 13 to 15 May 2026, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, made a state visit to China. This visit was Trump's second state visit to China, and the first to occur during his second presidency. Trump's first state visit to China occurred in November 2017 when he was received by Chinese leader Xi Jinping during his first presidency.
During the visit, Trump was received by Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People, where the two leaders held talks. Xi announced the two sides had agreed to establish a constructive China-US relationship of strategic stability. Following the talks, Xi and Trump visited the Temple of Heaven, the second US president to visit the Temple while in office after President Gerald Ford in 1975. Later, Xi hosted Trump for a dinner banquet at the Golden Room of the Great Hall of the People. Trump invited Xi for a state visit to the United States on 24 September 2026.
President and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) General Secretary Xi Jinping and United States President Donald Trump held their first meeting during Trump's second presidency at the Busan Summit on 30 October 2025. At the meeting, Trump announced plans to visit China in April of the following year and invited Xi to visit the United States at an appropriate time. The state visit was planned for the first week of April, but the meeting was postponed to May due to the On 25 March, The White House announced Trump's visit would last from 12 to 15 May.
In the lead-up to the summit, regional security concerns regarding the conflict with Iran became a key diplomatic focus. On April 16, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that Beijing had provided high-level assurances to the White House that it would not send weapons to Iran, explicitly ruling out the potential transfer of surface-to-air missiles to the Iranian military. Hegseth attributed this breakthrough to the "strong and direct relationship" between President Trump and Xi Jinping, noting that the assurances were vital for the upcoming meeting in Beijing.
The U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met on 13 February with Wang Yi, Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission and Foreign Minister. The two sides also discussed President Donald Trump's planned visit to China. On 30 April, Wang Yi held a phone call with Marco Rubio to conduct preliminary communication regarding subsequent head-of-state diplomacy. Steve Daines led the first bipartisan U.S. Senate delegation to visit China since President Donald Trump took office in 2025, with the group traveling to Beijing and Shanghai to meet Chinese officials and visit technology companies. On 7 May, Chinese Premier Li Qiang and National People's Congress Standing Committee Chairman Zhao Leji separately met with the delegation in Beijing.
In addition to Trump, the US delegation included Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was also part of the delegation, making him the first secretary of defense to accompany the US president on a state visit to China since Richard Nixon's visit in 1972. Other US governments attended include Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations Beau Harrison, Deputy National Security Advisor Robert Gabriel, Director of Communications Steven Cheung, the President's Science and Tech Advisor Michael Kratsios, Speech-writing Advisor Ross Worthington, Oval Office Operations Director Walt Nauta and Chief of Protocol Monica Crowley.Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent joined the trip after having met with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in South Korea.
Within the Trump family, Trump's son Eric and his wife Lara also joined the visit. On 12 April, a spokesperson for The Trump Organisation told Reuters, Eric and Lara Trump "will accompany Trump in a personal capacity on the May 12 to 15 visit." Reuters noted that this may represent a conflict of interest, given that "Trump's personal wealth and business dealings are managed by Eric and other members of his family." Unlike in 2017, Trump's wife Melania did not join the trip.
On 8 May, news circulated that a delegation of American CEOs representing the business community would join Trump on his visit. The White House distributed a list of business executives who visited with Trump on 11 May, including Elon Musk of Tesla and Tim Cook of Apple Inc. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who had not been invited initially, also flew to Alaska to board Air Force One and headed to China with Trump.The final list of CEOs includes:Tim Cook (Apple), Larry Fink (BlackRock). Stephen A. Schwarzman (Blackstone),Kelly Ortberg (Boeing),Brian Sikes (Cargill),Chuck Robbins (Cisco),Jane Fraser (Citigroup),Jim Anderson (Coherent),Larry Culp (General Electric),David Solomon (Goldman Sachs),Jacob Thaysen (Illumina),Michael Miebach (Mastercard),Dina Powell (Meta),Sanjay Mehrotra (Micron),Jensen Huang (Nvidia),Cristiano Amon (Qualcomm),Elon Musk (Tesla/SpaceX),Ryan McInerney (Visa), Unlike the other CEOs, Musk and Huang directly travelled with Trump on Air Force One.
During the opening remarks of the talks, Xi said that "the whole world is watching our meeting. Currently, a transformation not seen in a century is accelerating across the globe, and the international situation is fluid and turbulent". He added asking whether China and the US could escape the Thucydides trap and create a "new paradigm of relations". He congratulated the US on its 250th anniversary and added that China and the US "should be partners not rivals". He said that China and the US had agreed to establish a constructive China-US relationship of strategic stability, which he said included "benign stability with competition kept within bounds, a normalized stability in which differences are kept manageable, and an enduring stability in which peace can be expected"Xi said "the Taiwan question is the most important issue in China-U.S. relations", adding "If it is handled properly, the bilateral relationship will enjoy overall stability. Otherwise, the two countries will have clashes and even conflicts, putting the entire relationship in great jeopardy"(Continued)
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