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Chances are, US-China truce will be extended at Shenzhen Apec summit

The relationship between the US and Chinese leaders will be critical to consolidating the detente and developing cooperation on key issues

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US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed in October 2025 to suspend US port fees on Chinese-built vessels and Chinese export controls on rare earths, and are expected to meet again at the Apec summit in Shenzhen later this month, though analysts caution that China's rise and US relative decline limit optimism.

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Why It Matters

At their October meeting in South Korea last year, US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to suspend US port fees on Chinese-built vessels and Chinese export controls on rare earths, and announced further summit-level talks. The leaders have since met twice: Trump visited Beijing in May, Xi visited Washington in September. They are expected to meet again at the Apec summit in Shenzhen later this month.

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Chances are, US-China truce will be extended at Shenzhen Apec summit

The relationship between the US and Chinese leaders will be critical to consolidating the detente and developing cooperation on key issues

At their October meeting in South Korea last year, US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, recognising mutual vulnerability to export restrictions, agreed to suspend some of the most draconian measures they had imposed on each other: US port fees on Chinese-built vessels and Chinese export controls on rare earths. They also announced further summit-level talks.

The leaders have since met twice: Trump visited Beijing in May, Xi visited Washington in September. They are expected to meet again at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in Shenzhen later this month.

Some analysts have proclaimed the arrival of strategic empathy, perhaps even cooperation. Yet the reality hardly warrants such optimism. China remains the rising power and the United States the power in relative decline.

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  • The US-China truce will be extended at the Shenzhen Apec summit

    Likely · Within weeks

Open Questions

  • What specific measures will be discussed or extended at the Shenzhen Apec summit?
  • Whether strategic empathy or cooperation will materialize beyond the suspended measures
  • How the power imbalance between a rising China and a relatively declining United States will affect future negotiations

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This article was originally published by SCMP News.

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