
Putin, Trump and Xi could meet in September
China has announced plans to honor the date with a military parade in Beijing in September, and Moscow has confirmed that Putin will attend.
The Soviet Union, China and the US cooperated in the fight against Japan during World War II. Both analysts and ordinary Chinese have called on Xi to 'seize the opportunity,' invite Trump and host a three-way summit during the upcoming victory celebration, The Times wrote on Friday.
'Why not align Trump's visit with the September 3 commemoration?' Renmin University of China Professor and popular Chinese opinion leader Jin Canrong told the Guancha news outlet last month. 'If the leaders of China, the US, and Russia were to stand together during the military parade, it would be a great positive signal to the world,' he suggested.
According to The Times, Beijing 'tacitly encouraged speculation' on the subject by refusing to deny a report by Japan's Kyodo News released last month, which claimed that the decision to invite Trump had already been made.
Relations between Washington, Beijing, and Moscow have soured in recent years over the Ukraine conflict, accusations of Chinese cyber warfare, and what the US describes as 'unfair' market practices.
Since the start of his second term in January, Trump has moved to thaw diplomatic ties with Russia and pushed for a settlement in the Ukraine conflict. However, on Monday, he expressed exasperation with the pace of the talks and threatened 100% secondary tariffs on Russian trading partners if the hostilities aren't resolved within 50 days.
Trump has also reignited a trade war with Beijing, which earlier this year rattled global financial markets. The tit-for-tat tariff standoff peaked with 145% US duties on Chinese imports and 125% retaliatory levies from Beijing. Tensions appear to have eased following a trade deal last month under which China relaxed restrictions on key rare earth mineral exports.
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