Trump says he is open to a Putin-Xi trilateral summit on denuclearization
The gist
U.S. President Donald Trump said he is open to a three-way summit with Russia's Putin and China's Xi.
No date or venue is finalized; talks would center on nuclear arms.
How it unfolded
- Nov 18, 2025 -19, 2026APEC meeting scheduled in Shenzhen, southern China, where a potential Putin-Trump-Xi summit could take place on the sidelines.
- Sep 24, 2026 -26, 2026A U.S.-China summit in Washington, D.C. produced a Board of Trade and Board of Investment, a two-month extension of the Busan trade agreement through January 10, 2027, and a reciprocal US$30 billion-for-US$30 billion tariff cut framework.
- Oct 9, 2026Putin proposed a three-way summit with Trump and Xi in a phone call with Trump, the same call in which the two agreed Washington would buy Russian diesel.