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Trump pushes Xi on trade after Supreme Court ruling dents key China pressure tool
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Trade has emerged as a central focus of President Donald Trump’s high-stakes meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping this week, following a Supreme Court setback over Trump’s tariff agenda earlier this year.
«President Trump had a good meeting with President Xi of China,» a White House official told pool reporters early Thursday morning. «The two sides discussed ways to enhance economic cooperation between our two countries, including expanding market access for American businesses into China and increasing Chinese investment into our industries.»
The talks come as Trump’s tariff agenda faced a setback after a Supreme Court ruling limited his use of emergency powers to impose duties, which cut directly into one of his preferred tools for pressuring Beijing. The ruling came against the backdrop of a yearslong tariff standoff between the U.S. and China, with Trump arguing aggressive duties are needed to force fairer trade terms while Beijing has repeatedly pushed back.
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President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping greet other officials at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on May 14, 2026. (Kenny Holston-Pool/Getty Images)
«I will be asking President Xi, a Leader of extraordinary distinction, to ‘open up’ China so that these brilliant people can work their magic, and help bring the People’s Republic to an even higher level!» Trump posted to Truth Social on May 12, previewing he would press Xi on American trade. «In fact, I promise, that when we are together, which will be in a matter of hours, I will make that my very first request. I have never seen or heard of any idea that would be more beneficial to our incredible Countries!»
After Trump touched down in China on Wednesday, Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Mao Ning wrote on X Thursday, that «President Xi stressed to President Trump that facts have shown time and again that trade wars have no winner.»
«China-U.S. economic and trade ties are mutually beneficial and win-win in nature. Where disagreements and frictions exist, equal-footed consultation is the only right choice,» she added.
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U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People on May 14, 2026 in Beijing, China. President Trump is meeting with President Xi Jinping in Beijing to address the Iran conflict, trade imbalances, and the Taiwan situation while establishing new bilateral boards for economic and AI oversight. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Tariffs have been at the center of Trump’s China strategy since his first term, when he imposed duties on Chinese imports and Beijing retaliated with tariffs of its own. The fight has remained one of the defining pressure points in the relationship between the world’s two largest economies.
A major piece of Trump’s «America First» agenda has focused on leveling the global trade playing field by holding other countries accountable for trade deficits. One of his first moves after returning to office was rolling out the «Liberation Day» tariffs in April 2025, which were designed to serve as leverage in trade negotiations while also generating new revenue.
The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 ruling, invalidated Trump’s use of an emergency law to impose tariffs in February, ruling that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act does not authorize the president, even after declaring a national emergency, to impose tariffs.
Trump had championed ahead of SCOTUS’ decision that the court should rule in his favor as part of his larger effort to boost the economy, jobs and bring down costs for Americans.
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US President Donald Trump (R) shakes hands with China’s President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 14, 2026. (Kenny HOLSTON / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)
Justice Brett Kavanaugh dissented, joined by Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito. Trump took issue with Justices Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett — both of whom he nominated in his first term — for joining the majority, including just this month when he said the ruling has cost the U.S. $159 billion.
«I don’t want loyalty, but I do want and expect it for our Country,» Trump posted to Truth Social on Sunday. «Yes, I have another way of doing Tariffs, but it is far slower, and more laborious than what was just determined, in a close decision, to be ‘illegal’ or ‘unconstitutional,’ with three powerful, and highly accurate, dissents! Well, maybe Neil, and Amy, just had a really bad day, but our Country can only handle so many decisions of that magnitude before it breaks down, and cracks!!!»
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Trump moved to preserve his tariff pressure campaign through other trade authorities, including Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974, though that route is temporary and has already drawn its own legal challenge.
A White House spokesperson told Fox News Digital on Thursday that the administration is also looking to Section 301, which allows the U.S. to investigate and respond to unfair foreign trade practices.
«This tariff tool has already held up from prior legal challenges,» said the spokesperson.
China’s President Xi Jinping (R) and US President Donald Trump visit the Temple of Heaven on May 14, 2026 in Beijing, China. (Brendan Smialowski – Pool/Getty Images)
Trump visited China in 2017 in meetings that produced more than $250 billion in announced commercial deals and cooperation pledges at the time, but it did not prevent trade relations from deteriorating in 2018.
This week’s talks come amid a renewed tariff standoff that reignited after Trump returned to office in 2025. The pressure began with new fentanyl-related tariffs on Chinese goods in February, before widening into a broader reciprocal tariff push that triggered retaliation from Beijing, and has since shifted toward negotiations over temporary off-ramps.
U.S. Trade representative Jamieson Greer previewed goals for Trump’s state visit last month on Fox News’ «My View with Lara Trump,» sharing that a top priority is stability between the two countries.
«We want to make sure we continue to have a flow of the rare earth we need for our manufacturing we wanna make sure that the Chinese continued to buy a lot of American agriculture and airplanes and other kinds of things that Americans are good at making, and we want to set the table to continue to have stability over the next six months to a year and so these are the kind of things that we’re looking for as outcomes from the trip,» Greer said.
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Fox News Digital’s Emma Colton contributed to this report.
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Experts weigh in on Taiwan, Iran tensions amid US-China summit
During the U.S.-China Summit, experts discuss U.S. arms sales to Taiwan and President Xi’s veiled threats. Analysts evaluate President Donald Trump’s strategy, noting how U.S. foreign policy shifts regarding Iran and the Western Hemisphere impact China’s global standing. The panel debates who holds the stronger hand, assessing economic and military leverage in the geopolitical relationship.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping issued a stark warning to President Donald Trump that Taiwan could trigger «clashes and even conflicts» between the world’s two superpowers, injecting a note of potential confrontation into an otherwise upbeat summit in Beijing.
«President Xi stressed to President Trump that the Taiwan question is the most important issue in China-U.S. relations. If it is handled properly, the bilateral relationship will enjoy overall stability. Otherwise, the two countries will have clashes and even conflicts, putting the entire relationship in great jeopardy,» Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said following the meeting.
The White House, however, downplayed the exchange, with a senior administration official telling Fox News Digital that «both sides reiterated their long-stated stance on the issue and everyone understands each other’s position.»
Trump struck a notably warm tone in his public remarks, predicting a «fantastic future together» and praising Xi as «a great leader» as the two leaders opened talks focused heavily on trade, investment and economic cooperation.
TRUMP HEADS TO BEIJING FOR HIGH-STAKES XI TALKS AS TAIWAN TENSIONS, TRADE DISPUTES TEST US STRENGTH
US President Donald Trump (R) shakes hands with China’s President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 14, 2026. (Kenny HOLSTON / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)
«In fact, the longest relationship of our two countries that any president and president has had,» Trump said. «We’ve had a fantastic relationship. We’ve gotten along.»
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., blasted Trump following the meeting, accusing him of failing to respond forcefully to Xi’s warning.
«Just hours in, and Xi Jinping has already threatened to, quote, collide or even clash, unquote, with the United States if we continue our support for Taiwan. Trump apparently didn’t say anything in response. He was just mute,» Schumer said. «For the sake of democracy and the stability of the global economy. Trump must not sell out Taiwan. Trump must also safeguard the interests of American workers, families and businesses.»
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The exchange underscores how Taiwan — long the most sensitive and potentially explosive issue in U.S.-China relations — is re-emerging as a central fault line, even as both sides seek to project stability and focus publicly on trade and economic cooperation.
Analysts had warned ahead of the summit that the best-case scenario for Taiwan would be for the issue to stay off the agenda entirely, amid concerns Beijing could try to extract concessions or shape U.S. policy language behind closed doors.
A U.S.-made MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile is launched during a live-fire exercise at the Chiupeng missile base in Pingtung County, Taiwan, on Aug. 20, 2024. (Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty Images)
Trump himself had suggested before the summit that U.S. arms sales to Taiwan could come up during discussions with Xi. He told reporters earlier this week, «I’m going to have that discussion with President Xi.»
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That prospect alarmed some national security analysts, who warned against allowing Taiwan to become part of a broader U.S.-China negotiation over trade or other strategic issues.
«Taiwan needs to stay off the menu,» retired Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies said during a media briefing ahead of the summit. «If they’re on the menu and it’s about foreign military sales, it’s bad. If it’s on the menu and it’s about some kind of reimagining our statements, that would be worse.»
Experts say even subtle shifts in wording could carry significant consequences. A change from the longstanding U.S. position that it «does not support» Taiwan independence to language stating it «opposes» it, for example, could be seized on by Beijing to bolster its claims over the self-governing island.
For decades, U.S. policy has walked a careful line — formally recognizing Beijing as the government of China under the «One China» policy, while maintaining unofficial relations with Taiwan and providing it with defensive weapons under the Taiwan Relations Act. Washington has also deliberately kept its military response ambiguous, a strategy known as «strategic ambiguity,» aimed at deterring both a Chinese invasion and a unilateral declaration of independence by Taiwan.
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te inspects a live-fire shooting training exercise in Hsinchu County, Taiwan, on July 10, 2025. (Chiang Ying-ying/AP Photo)
After the summit, however, Secretary of State Marco Rubio sought to minimize the Taiwan portion of the talks, saying U.S. arms sales to Taiwan «did not feature prominently» in the discussions and insisting longstanding U.S. policy remained unchanged.
Chinese Embassy spokesperson Liu Pengyu reiterated Beijing’s longstanding position in a statement to Fox News Digital, calling Taiwan «an inalienable part of China’s territory» and warning that China would «never promise to renounce the use of force» against «Taiwan independence» separatist activities.
«The DPP authorities’ obstinate pursuit of their separatist agenda is the root cause undermining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait,» Liu said.
Despite the tensions surrounding Taiwan, the public tone of the summit remained cordial, with both leaders emphasizing cooperation and economic ties.
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Xi told Trump that «China and the United States both stand to gain from cooperation and lose from confrontation,» adding that the two countries «should be partners, not rivals.»
Trump arrived in Beijing accompanied by a delegation of top American executives, including Apple CEO Tim Cook, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, and Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg, underscoring the administration’s focus on trade and investment even as geopolitical tensions simmer beneath the surface.
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Cuba dice ahora que está dispuesta a escuchar «las características» de la oferta de EE.UU. de US$ 100 millones en ayuda
El canciller cubano, Bruno Rodríguez, afirmó este jueves que desde la isla están «dispuestos a escuchar las características del ofrecimiento y la manera en que se materializaría» la oferta de 100 millones de dólares en «asistencia humanitaria directa al pueblo cubano» que reiteró EE.UU.
«Por primera vez, el gobierno de EE.UU. formaliza de manera pública, mediante un comunicado del Departamento de Estado, un ofrecimiento de ayuda a Cuba valorado en 100 millones de dólares», reconoció el jefe de la diplomacia cubana en sus redes sociales.
Rodríguez dijo que «estamos dispuestos a escuchar las características del ofrecimiento y la manera en que se materializaría», pero señaló que esperan, «sea libre de maniobras políticas e intentos de aprovechar las carencias y el dolor de un pueblo bajo asedio».
El Departamento de Estado de EE.UU. anunció en un comunicado este miércoles que reiteraba su oferta de 100 millones de dólares en «asistencia humanitaria directa al pueblo cubano, la cual sería distribuida en coordinación con la Iglesia Católica y otras organizaciones humanitarias independientes y confiables».
El comunicado señala que la decisión de recibir esa asistencia recae ahora en el Gobierno cubano, que debe elegir entre «aceptar la oferta o rechazar una ayuda vital y crucial» para la isla.
El jefe de la diplomacia cubana, calificó a su vez de «incongruencia la aparente generosidad de parte de quien somete al pueblo cubano a un castigo colectivo por medio de la guerra económica»; pero indicó que «el gobierno cubano no tiene como práctica rechazar ayuda extranjera».
Igualmente señaló que «sigue sin aclararse si será ayuda en efectivo o material, y si se destinará a las necesidades más urgentes del momento para el pueblo, como combustibles, alimentos y medicinas».
Aclaró que «tampoco (el Gobierno cubano) tiene inconvenientes en trabajar con la Iglesia Católica, con cuyo esfuerzo de cooperación tiene una experiencia larga y positiva de trabajo conjunto».
«La mejor ayuda que en este y en cualquier momento podría dar el gobierno de los EE.UU. al noble pueblo cubano es desescalar las medidas del bloqueo energético, económico, comercial y financiero, recrudecido como nunca antes en los últimos meses, lo cual afecta severamente a todos los sectores de la economía y sociedad cubana», reiteró Rodríguez.
El secretario de Estado de Estados Unidos, Marco Rubio, había insistido la pasada semana durante una rueda de prensa en su visita a Roma para reunirse con el papa León XIV, en que EE.UU. ha proporcionado «seis millones de dólares en ayuda humanitaria, distribuida por Cáritas, la agencia de la Iglesia católica».
En ese momento, dijo que la Administración del presidente de EE.UU. Donald Trump, estaba dispuesta a «hacer más» e informó que se habían «ofrecido al régimen 100 millones de dólares en ayuda humanitaria», pero señaló que hasta ahora el Gobierno cubano no había aceptado distribuirla.
Bruno Rodríguez, calificó esa oferta de «fábula» y dijo que «hace falta gran cinismo para pronunciar, sin vergüenza, una declaración de supuesta ayuda de modo tan mendaz».
EE.UU. presiona al gobierno de la isla desde enero pasado, para que introduzca reformas económicas y políticas. Como parte de esa escalada impuso un bloqueo petrolero que ha agudizado notablemente la crisis estructural que ya arrastraba el país; y sanciones reforzadas contra sectores vitales de la economía.
La oferta de ayuda, que el departamento de Estado reiteró el miércoles, está sobre la mesa desde hace tiempo en el marco de negociaciones debajo de la mesa, desde que Nicolás Maduro fue eyectado del poder en Venezuela, y todo apuntaba a que el siguiente en la lista podría ser Miguel Díaz Canel en La Habana.
Al partir a China, Donald Trump dijo que no habrá ataque a la isla (aunque en ocasiones lo sugirió) y por el contrario dijo que el país «está fundido, pide ayuda y hablaremos».
Medios estadounidenses han filtrado una supuesta lista de demandas de Washington a La Habana a cambio de la ayuda, con la economía y los presos políticos como prioridades, algo que Cuba rechaza.
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Ship seized off coast of UAE near Strait of Hormuz may have been ‘floating armory’: report
Ship SEIZED near UAE coast, UK military says
Iranian forces seized a vessel 38 nautical miles off the UAE coast early Thursday, a brazen provocation occurring just as President Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met in Beijing discussing key issues like the Strait of Hormuz.
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A ship was seized off the coast of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) near the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday morning, the British military reported.
The ship was boarded and «taken by unauthorized personnel» while it was roughly 38 nautical miles northeast of the United Arab Emirates’ oil export terminal Fujairah, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reported Thursday.
UKMTO spotted the ship heading toward Iranian territorial waters after the seizure, it reported Thursday.
British authorities did not release information on who the ship belonged to or who seized it. Despite the lack of official corroboration, the BBC reported that the Honduras-flagged Hui Chuan was seized in the Strait on Thursday.
CARGO SHIP ATTACKED BY SMALL CRAFT NEAR STRAIT OF HORMUZ, UK MARITIME AGENCY SAYS
Ships are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas in southern Iran on May 4. A report on May 15 said a ship was seized off the coast of the United Arab Emirates and is being brought toward Iranian waters. (Amirhossein Khorgooei/ISNA/AFP)
Citing the risk-management company Vanguard, the BBC reported that the ship’s operators told Vanguard that the Hui Chuan was operating as a «floating armory» for ships in the Strait to defend themselves from pirates.
A container ship sits at anchor in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, as a motorboat passes in the foreground on May 2, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)
At least two other ships have already been seized in the Strait of Hormuz since February.
IRAN SAYS ITS SMALL SUBS DEPLOYED TO STRAIT OF HORMUZ AS EXPERT EXPLAINS THREAT: ‘VULNERABLE TO DETECTION’
A cargo ship sails in the Persian Gulf toward the Strait of Hormuz on April 22, 2026. (AP Photo)
In April, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) seized the Panamanian-flagged MSC Francesca and the Epaminondes ships in the Strait.
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Fox News Digital contacted UKMTO and Vanguard for further information but did not immediately receive a response.
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