Who will Trump meet with in 2025?
Traders are watching as Trump is expected to meet with Xi Jinping "soon."
Beijing, or Bust?
An event on Kalshi is predicting who President Trump will meet with this year. Of particular interest among the remaining contracts is a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Anticipation has built up for a meeting of the two Presidents ahead of the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in South Korea at the end of October.
With a variety of trade and international issues on the table between these leaders, will now be the time for parlay?
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Not Simple Press-Release Politics
Two things move great-power leader meetings: leverage and logistics. On leverage, Beijing is still using TikTok, export controls, and market access as bargaining chips. On logistics, Xi’s foreign travel cadence is sparse and tightly scripted, with long lead times and deliverables baked in. Any 2025 face-to-face requires both capitals to agree on tangible outcomes and optics.
Trump publicly claimed he would see Xi at a regional summit in South Korea at the end of October, and that he would visit China in the early part of next year. He added that Xi would come to the United States at an appropriate time.