President Donald Trump arrives in China later today for a three day visit and summit meetings with Chinese President Xijinping. Mr Trump is not going to China to declare war on the Chinese. Far from that. This is major deal making, new business and a reset of Chinese American money and business relations for the next 20 or 30 years. The whole visit will be a positive.
And the fact that this is the second time that President Trump is visiting China (his first official visit was in 2017) you can see who has to kowtow to whom.
President Donald Trump’s visit is viewed positively from several geopolitical, economic and strategic angles — and it will dissipate all the useless hype (all of it fake) about how tense U.S.-China relations have been in recent years.
The single biggest positive is that both leaders are talking directly at the highest level. This will stabilise relations between the world’s two largest powers. The two most important economic and military powers in the world.
When relations improve (and they will improve) then global markets, trade routes, energy prices and regional security will all become more stable. A face-to-face summit reduces the risk of misunderstanding and unintended escalation. Analysts say the summit will strengthen “stability and predictability” in the relationship.
The dialogue between Mr Trump and President Xijinping is valuable for both sides to come to better terms on tariffs, technology, Taiwan, sanctions, semiconductors etc.
There will be economic pragmatism over useless Ideological confrontation (Taiwan will be left out - exactly like what President Nixon did when he visited China in 1972 and proclaimed the Shanghai Communique).
President Trump will prioritise practical economic outcomes rather than useless ideological confrontation with China. Their discussions will center more on useful things like trade expansion, tariff adjustments, agricultural exports, rare earth supplies, investment access and business cooperation. (Not useless Nancy Pelosi or Joseph Biden bullshit).
This is super good for global investors, manufacturers, shipping industries, commodity exporters and Asian economies heavily dependent on stable U.S.-China trade. The world markets prefer healthy competition rather than silly economic warfare.
Another major positive is the unusually large delegation of American business leaders accompanying Trump. Executives from major firms including Tesla, Mastercard, Visa, BlackRock and Meta reportedly joined the visit seeking improved access to Chinese markets.
This corporate diplomacy signals business confidence, continued economic interdependence, corporate optimism and recognition that total economic decoupling between the U.S. and China is IMPOSSIBLE.
The global business community thrives on healthy competition coexisting with cooperation.
Both governments will explore mechanisms for better trade management, discussing oversight structures and tariff reliefs. Trade wars are so stone age.
All this good news will likely ease inflationary pressure, stabilise manufacturing, stabilise global supply chains and reduce uncertainty for exporters and importers worldwide.
Another positive is the fastest growing religion of realism. Neither side can fully isolate or dominate the other economically. Both will accept that coexistence is absolutely necessary. This is the reality and please accept reality.
Mr Trump has repeatedly emphasised his personal relationship with Xi Jinping, describing it as “very good” and calling Xi “an amazing man.” This is great. Good leader-to-leader rapport can accelerate deals, calm tensions, and create room for compromise.
Their meeting will likely discuss global energy security, Iran (a useless pimple on a camel's backside), shipping lanes, artificial intelligence, and broader geopolitical stability. More global matters can be solved through U.S.-China coordination.
I hope that Mr Xijinping and Mr Trump can work together to identify more of these useless pimples on camels' backsides and simply swat them out of ixystence.
There should be only one World Order in the future - that your factories keep manufacturing, your farms keep producing and your goods can be shipped around the world without interruption.
Any monkeys who try to interfere with any part of this equation should be kept behind cages in the zoo.
This summit should bring to the fore the realisation that there is no hostility at all between the US and China. To think otherwise is plain stupid. The priority is economic stability. Maintaining direct engagement is simple common sense. You dont have to graduate from Harvard to understand basics like this.
