Posted on 04/07/2017 5:40:31 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
What was billed as a showdown between the leaders of the United States and China over trade and North Korea ended with little sign of confrontation Friday — or of concrete progress in resolving their differences.
President Donald Trump had predicted a "very difficult" meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. After their first face-to-face at the Mar-a-Lago resort, he trumpeted they had developed an "outstanding" relationship.
U.S. officials said the two sides agreed to increase cooperation on trying to get North Korea's to abandon its nuclear weapons program, and China acknowledged the need for more balanced trade with the U.S.
But the two days of meetings appeared heavier on optics than substance. The most powerful message for the Chinese leader may have been Trump's decision to launch U.S. missile strikes at Syria.
Those strikes added weight to Trump's threat last week to act unilaterally against North Korea's weapons program — although a much heavier risk would be required to take military action against the nuclear-armed North, which has its artillery and missiles trained on a key U.S. ally, South Korea.
The U.S. administration's first recourse is very likely to be economic — pushing China to crack down on Chinese banks and companies said to provide North Korea access to the international financial system.
In a possible harbinger of the kind of punishments Washington could inflict, a leading Chinese telecoms company, ZTE, was fined nearly $900 million in March for shipping sensitive U.S.-made technology to Iran in violation of U.S. sanctions.
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Xi. ...as in guanxi.
Trump’s a genius.
First build the relationship.
I wasn’t aware this was supposed to be a showdown.
Or that Trump was any under compunction to share “progress” with the lefties at Chi-Trib.
What a maroon
The U.S.A. is the most powerful economy (and military) in the world today.
Obama hated it.
Trump revels in it.
The U.S.A. is back. And this is good for the world and what is right about the world.
God bless the U.S.A.
Who’s the maroon?
Thanks. Well said!
Mr. Xi got a firsthand look at how President Trump acts in a crisis, watched as a new US Supreme Court justice was confirmed, and saw thousands of new jobs being created by US companies, in the US.
A very educational visit, I would say.
Who’s a maroon, newbie?
A lot of you around today.
Who viewed it as a showdown? Sounds like a lot hyperbole from the Chicago Tribune.
Funny how we true blue Americans tend to stick together, isn't it?;-)
When I visit threads accusing the President of all sorts of misbehavior, I find my favorite Freepers (yourself among them) defending our country and our President.
Honored to be in your presence.
And also from the same neighborhood as China.
If he can get the South Korea policy right it will help to box in Kim Jong-un.
President Trump's Thursday night fireworks show won't hurt either.
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It’s always a pleasure to be on your threads. You are a very patriotic American as well as a sweet guy.
Understatement of the millennium
The bylined newswriter.
actually i retract that - it’s the headline writer. “showdown” indeed
Amazing when you have adults in charge they get along....
Meaning: The meeting didn’t live up the the Media and the leftists expectations. They’ve practically invited them to humiliate Trump. Perhaps there’s still time. Seems to me that as much as our left denigrates and delegitimize the foreign leaders have all been paying homage.
XI asked to come to Mar-a-Lago
If Abe went there he wanted to too
Keeping up with his neighbor !
For the first time in many years, The world is TERRIFIED of the U.S.
I’m glad I’m on the winning team here.
Thx much, Miss M.
Means so much coming from you...one of my all time faves.
http://www.atimes.com/china-now-regret-snubbing-obama/
http://watchingamerica.com/WA/2016/09/08/obama-in-china-the-red-carpet-scandal/
Can you imagine this happening to Trump?
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