TALKS
Trump left China on Friday with no major breakthroughs on trade or tangible help from Beijing to end the Iran war, despite two days spent heaping praise on his host. There was no China-U.S. joint statement. Both sides later released separate readouts on deals achieved, featuring only a few items including the sale of Boeing aircraft, the lifting of restrictions on agricultural exports, and future tariff reductions.
After the Putin-Xi talks, a 9,935-word joint statement, which touched on nuclear security, Taiwan and even Amur tigers, giant pandas and golden snub-nosed monkeys, was signed alongside a shorter joint declaration. Another 20 documents ranging from sanitary norms and state news to nuclear energy were inked, although no major deals have been announced.