Xi-Trump Summit in Seoul: Strategic Minerals and Trade on Agenda

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in South Korea today for their first face-to-face talks in six years, and the first since President Trump’s second term began. The significant summit addresses escalating tensions between Washington and Beijing, particularly concerning trade, technology, and access to critical mineral resources. The agenda is expected to be extensive, with a strong emphasis on rare earth mining, a sector of paramount strategic and economic importance for both nations. This high-level dialogue is considered a key initiative to de-escalate and manage the increasingly challenging relationship between the world’s two dominant economies, locked in a persistent trade and technology rivalry.