Bessent Says Trump and Xi May Meet Four Times Next Year (1)

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said there may be as many as four meetings between US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping next year as both sides look to keep in place a fragile trade truce.

“What I feel very good about is the relationship between the leaders,” Bessent said Tuesday on CNBC. “We’re always going to be rivals. That’s natural. But are there things we can do together? Yes.”

Bessent said Trump may attend an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in Shenzhen, China, in November 2026 in addition to his anticipated visit to Beijing in April.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump during a bilateral meeting at Gimhae Air Base in Busan, South Korea on Oct. 30.

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