By Evaristo Lara
President Donald Trump went out of his way to praise his counterpart Xi Jinping; while the Chinese leader adopted a more reserved position and even questioned whether together they would be willing to face global challenges.
During their first work meeting held in Beijing, The Seventy-nine-year-old Republican defined the meeting with the head of Chinese policy as “the largest summit in history.”
“We’ve had a fantastic relationship. We’ve gotten along well, and when difficulties arose, we solved them. I called you and you called me, and whenever we had a problem, even if people didn’t know it, we solved it very quickly.
We are going to have a fantastic future together. “I have great respect for China and the work they have done,” he said.
Likewise, the New York tycoon pointed out that the fact of having arrived in China accompanied by the heads of some of the most important companies operating in the United States aims to achieve important trade agreements with China under a focus of benefits for both parties.
“We have the best business, the biggest, I guess. The best in the world. Amazing people, and everyone is with me.
We asked the 30 best in the world. Every single one of them said yes, and I didn’t want the second or third in the company, I just wanted the best, and they are here to pay their respects to you, China, and they look forward to trading and doing business, and it will be completely reciprocated from our side.
It is an honor to be with you. It is an honor to be your friend. The relationship between China and the United States is going to be better than ever,” he emphasized.
On the other hand, Xi Jinping chose to be more reserved and said that there are several issues of great importance to be resolved worldwide that demand the will to find sensible solutions.
“Currently, a transformation unprecedented in a century is accelerating around the world, and the international situation is fluid and turbulent. The world finds itself at a new crossroads,” he stressed.
Then, The Chinese leader referred to the “Thucydides Trap,” a geopolitical concept that highlights the dangerous tendency toward war when an emerging power threatens to displace a dominant power.
“Can China and the United States overcome the ‘Thucydides Trap’ and create a new paradigm in relations between great powers? Can we together face global challenges and provide greater stability to the world? Can we, for the well-being of our two peoples and the future of humanity, together build a brighter future for our bilateral relations?” he questioned.
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