Taiwan, trade and the balance of power: What’s at stake when Trump meets Xi Jinping

When US President Donald Trump meets with China's President Xi Jinping this week, it will be a geopolitical heavyweight match-up with enormous stakes, according to Joe Biden's former deputy secretary of state, Kurt Campbell. On the table is everything from global trade to security. And, at a time when Trump is arguably at his weakest, and Xi at his most paranoid. Today international and political editor Peter Hartcher on whether Trump may inadvertently lead the United States into unilateral concessions and unintentional appeasement, and what this might mean for the rest of us. Background reading: Peter Hartcher - The empire of pain and paranoia that awaits Trump inside Xi's China Michael Koziol - The 'big danger' for Australia as Trump meets Xi

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Taiwan, trade and the balance of power: What’s at stake when Trump meets Xi Jinping is an episode from Please Explain by The Age and Sydney Morning Herald.

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This episode was published on May 13, 2026.

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