The White House has arranged for the heads of state of the world’s three largest nuclear powers to gather in Shenzhen next week for diplomatic talks. President Donald Trump will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Nov 19 to discuss the reduction of nuclear weapons and the war in Iran. While the summit will be the first-ever joint gathering of the three leaders, U.S. officials characterized the meeting as an initial entry point for conversation and stated that they do not expect a formal nuclear arms agreement to be reached during the session.
The U.S. indicated that the war in Ukraine and concerns regarding spying allegations linked to Nvidia chips will be excluded from the trilateral agenda, though Trump is expected to press Xi over access to rare earth elements. The president will be accompanied by Elon Musk, who will join the delegation to China but will not participate in the diplomatic negotiations. The summit follows a phone call between Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Foreign Minister Wang Yi to coordinate the leaders’ travel, including Xi’s scheduled visit to Florida for the upcoming G20 Summit.
