President Donald Trump spoke about Taiwan after a two-day visit to China, where he said he discussed Iran, and trade deals with Chinese President Xi Jingping.

President Donald Trump spoke about Taiwan after a two-day visit to China, where he said he discussed Iran, and trade deals with Chinese President Xi Jingping.

The United States recognises only Beijing and does not support formal independence by Taiwan, but historically has also stopped short of explicitly saying it opposes independence.

U.S. President Donald Trump departed China on Friday touting business deals that gave markets little to cheer, while Beijing warned Washington about mishandling Taiwan and said its war with Iran should never have started. Trump's visit to America's main strategic ‌and economic rival, the first by a U.S. president since…

The Beijing summit has also served as a reminder of the broader changing structural dynamics in relations between the world’s two biggest powers, China and the United States

The administration in December authorized a record-setting $11 billion weapons package for Taipei, but it has yet to move forward.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday his patience with Iran was running out and that Chinese President Xi Jinping had agreed Tehran must reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but China gave no indication it would weigh in. As he flew back ‌from Beijing on Friday after two days of…

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In second day of talks, US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping have shown rare unity over the Iran nuclear issue. On Friday, President Trump announced that he and President Xi...

The US and China have agreed that "Iran can't have nuclear weapons" and that the Strait of Hormuz must be opened, Donald Trump said

President Trump asserted that the United States has control over the Strait of Hormuz and said Iran has suffered losses of nearly $500 million per day over the past two-and-a-half weeks due to the US naval blockade in the region.

Donald Trump said the US agreed to an Iran ceasefire as a favour to Pakistan. His remarks tied the truce to nuclear negotiations and broader regional de-escalation.

 US President reaffirmed his stance that Iran must not be allowed to develop nuclear weapons and insisted that Tehran should give up the enriched uranium stockpile it has accumulated over the years.

Trump's statement leaves the status of both the existing $11 billion package, which was approved in December 2025, and any potential new approvals in a state of uncertainty as the administration weighs its next steps for Taiwan. 

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping concluded a major summit in Beijing. While Trump praised it as potentially “the biggest summit ever” and spoke of “fantastic...