Tense body language, muted diplomacy but no major deal. Donald Trump and Xi Jinping’s long-awaited Busan meeting ended with an awkward exchange caught on camera, as Trump tried to speak to Xi twice before the Chinese leader turned away. While Trump hailed it as an “amazing meeting,” Beijing offered only a one-year lift on rare earth export bans and no deal on AI chips. With no Taiwan talks and no trade breakthrough, the optics spoke louder than words — six years later, nothing truly changes between Washington and Beijing.
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