The Trump-Xi meeting and the limits of a reset | Germany’s overdone pessimism

Podcast: The Weekly Briefing from Capital Economics · Capital Economics

Opublikowano: 2026-05-08

Donald Trump travels to Beijing next week for a long-awaited summit with Xi Jinping that carries huge geopolitical significance, but one where investors should keep expectations firmly in check. Group Chief Economist Neil Shearing and Head of China Economics Julian Evans-Pritchard join David Wilder to assess the state of the US-China relationship and why any apparent thaw in tensions may prove superficial. They discuss issues including: Why Beijing increasingly sees the US as a power in relative decline, and how that is shaping Chinese strategy; Why the structural forces pushing the US and China apart are lik...