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Trump-Xi Summit Secures China Boeing Deal, Sparks Taiwan Warning

5/16/2026

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President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping held a summit that produced an initiative and agreements for China to buy farm products and 200 Boeing airliners.
Former U.S. ambassador Nicholas Burns warned that Trump’s praise of Xi and Taiwan stance could signal weakness and threaten the Taiwan Relations Act.
Burns said the initiative may require the United States to refrain from criticism, a condition the administration has not accepted.

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President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping held a summit that produced an initiative and agreements for China to buy farm products and 200 Boeing airliners.
Former U.S. ambassador Nicholas Burns warned that Trump’s praise of Xi and Taiwan stance could signal weakness and threaten the Taiwan Relations Act.
Burns said the initiative may require the United States to refrain from criticism, a condition the administration has not accepted.