Trump ve Xi görüşmesi: gerilimleri çözmede somut adım yok, küresel etkiler izlemede

Kısaca

Güçlü kez sürpriz olmayan bir temas: Trump-Xi görüşmesi; iki panda ise ABD’de bulunuyor ve her yıl yaklaşık 1 milyon dolar kira talep ediliyor Mayıs’taki kilit zirveden sonra beklentiler düşüktü; mevcut toplantı da bu tabloyla uyumlu Giderek artan ticaret gerilimleri nedeniyle piyasa ve iş dünyası için takip edilecek nihai adımlar belirsizliğini koruyor

Ana mesele

Trump ile Xi arasındaki görüşme, gerilimleri ele almak için gerçek adımlar sağlamadı

Ne değişti?

Görüşmenin, tansiyonları düşürmeye yönelik somut bir ilerleme içermediği yönündeki değerlendirme ön planda

Beni nasıl etkiler?

Okuyucular, küresel ticaret ve yatırım belirsizliğini yakından izleyecek

Ne oldu?

Trump ve Xi arasındaki görüşme, gerilimleri ele almaya yönelik somut adımdan yoksundu

Neden şimdi?

Beğenilen Mayıs zirvesi sonrası belirsizlik hâkim; yeni adımlar için zaman gerekiyor

Neden önemli?

İkili ilişkiler küresel ticaret ve yatırım ortamını etkileyebilir; piyasalar hassas

Kimler etkileniyor?

• ABD ve Çin izleyicileri
• Küresel ticaret ve yatırım çevreleri

Sektör ve piyasa etkisi

Küresel piyasalarda belirsizlik ve volatiliteye işaret edebilir

Riskler

• Gerginliklerin çözümüne ilişkin belirsizliğin sürmesi
• Gelecek ticaret kararlarının gecikmesi

Takip edilmesi gerekenler

• İki ülke arasındaki yeni iletişim sinyalleri
• ABD ve Çin’li yetkililerin gelecek açıklamaları
• Piyasaların kısa vadeli tepkileri

Haberin tamamı

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping on 25 September 2026. ‘Expectations were low after May’s stalemate summit in Beijing, but this meeting still struggled to meet them.’ Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP View image in fullscreen Donald Trump and Xi Jinping on 25 September 2026. ‘Expectations were low after May’s stalemate summit in Beijing, but this meeting still struggled to meet them.’ Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP Opinion Donald Trump The Guardian view on Trump and Xi: a show of friendship, but no real attempt to address the tensions Editorial The Chinese leader’s visit to Washington appears to have done nothing to shift the stalemate in bilateral relations

W ithin days, two high-profile Chinese visitors will arrive in the US – envoys of friendship, as Xi Jinping described them when he met Donald Trump at the White House this week. The giant pandas, Ping Ping and Fu Shuang, will be hosted at Atlanta zoo. Beijing dispatched the first panda pair to the US in 1972 following President Richard Nixon’s landmark visit to China. It uses the animals to indicate satisfaction or displeasure with other nations. But it also charges heftily for their lease: reportedly, around $1m a year per pair. Americans’ views of China have warmed from a pandemic nadir, but are unlikely to be shifted much by two animals, however charming. These days they are more of a token gesture than a striking symbol.

It is telling that the announcement was one of the main takeaways of Mr Xi’s visit to Washington . Expectations were low after May’s stalemate summit in Beijing, but this meeting still struggled to meet them. The US president gave Mr Xi a lavish welcome – unusually, travelling to meet the “strong, vibrant and fit” Chinese leader off the plane. He insisted that they had “never gotten along better”.

In a sense that is not surprising. Mr Trump admires and envies authoritarians with untrammelled powers. Chinese state media were welcome at the White House, unlike CNN, MS Now and Politico. Since he rarely pays even lip service to human rights, the treatment of Uyghurs or jailed Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong – facing another lengthy sentence for his international advocacy – were never likely to figure large, whatever the hopes of protesters outside .

Mr Trump told Mr Xi that any Chinese help for Iran is unacceptable; Mr Xi said that the US should adhere to the “correct position” of opposing Taiwanese independence. Beijing wants Washington to shift from the long-held stance of “not supporting” it. That would be a grave mistake, but Mr Trump has given worryingly mixed messages on Taiwan .

It is striking how little of consequence has emerged from the summit given that this is arguably the most consequential diplomatic relationship in the world. A two-month extension of the trade war truce was announced as Mr Xi arrived in the US. China’s curb of rare earth exports has checked Mr Trump’s appetite for an economic offensive; Beijing is anxious about its struggling economy. But if they are more wary of the fallout, they are also more fearful of the other side gaining ground. AI is central to this battle. Mr Trump has resisted all calls to restrain development because “Whoever wins AI, wins.” Mr Xi said it had to be managed responsibly, but Beijing has attacked “threat narratives”, fearing that the US wants to prevent it catching up.

CNN last week highlighted the dangers: the US military reportedly prepared to intercept a Chinese ship in the Middle East after an intelligence report said it was carrying nuclear weapons components – only for officials to realise that the partially AI-generated analysis had misidentified the cargo. Controls on development are desperately needed, but neither side is willing to accept them. Even the limited AI dialogue and “notification hotline” for AI safety proposed by Scott Bessent, treasury secretary, seem to be rather less than meets the eye . This summit should be viewed with alarm not because it saw substantive developments – but because it illustrates the dangers of drift.

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• The Guardian - Economics