Trump-Xi Meet Again: A Summit Without Substance?
Por Ankit Panda, Catherine Putz, and Shannon Tiezzi — The Diplomat
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The visit’s outcomes are thin: a small extension of the trade truce and two pandas.
U.S. President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping of China arrive via the Cross Hall to a State Arrival ceremony on the State Floor of the White House, Sep.24, 2026.
In the latest episode of the Asia Geopolitics podcast, hosts Katie Putz and Ankit Panda are joined by Shannon Tiezzi, The Diplomat’s editor-in-chief, to discuss the outcomes – as we know them so far – from the latest Trump-Xi meeting, this time in Washington, DC. Xi’s state visit was heavy on vibes, as Tiezzi wrote in the aftermath , but light on substance. All the same, the meeting has implications for trade, tech, Taiwan, and more.
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In the latest episode of the Asia Geopolitics podcast, hosts Katie Putz and Ankit Panda are joined by Shannon Tiezzi, The Diplomat’s editor-in-chief, to discuss the outcomes – as we know them so far – from the latest Trump-Xi meeting, this time in Washington, DC. Xi’s state visit was heavy on vibes, as Tiezzi wrote in the aftermath , but light on substance. All the same, the meeting has implications for trade, tech, Taiwan, and more.
You can subscribe to The Diplomat’s Asia Geopolitics podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify ; and watch the episode on YouTube .
Ankit Panda is editor-at-large at The Diplomat and the Stanton Senior Fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Follow him on Twitter.
Catherine Putz is managing editor of The Diplomat.
Shannon Tiezzi is Editor-in-Chief at The Diplomat.
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