The Xi Trump Show: A Trade Truce on Shaky Ground The upcoming summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping is a high stakes poker game, with both leaders playing for significant chips but neither willing to reveal their hand.
On the surface, it's a meeting about trade – specifically, whether the two superpowers will extend their fragile truce, which has thus far averted a major shock to the global economy.
However, scratch beneath the surface and you'll find a more complex web of interests at play.