American President Donald Trump is not politician but a businessman, landed in Beijing. When a president makes travels to a diplomatic summit a state visit, he brings diplomats, advisers and officials. Trump brought Tim Cook (Apple), Elon Musk (Tesla & SpaceXKelly), Larry Fink (Black Rock),Jamie Dimon (JP Morgan), Nvidia (Jensen Huang),  Mark Zuckerberg (Meta), Laurence Culp Jr. ( GE Aerospace), Ryan McInerney (Mastercard), Kelly Ortberg (Boeing), Stephen Schwarzman(Blackstone), Brian Sikes (Cargill) David Solomon(Goldman Sachs), Jacob Thaysen (Illumina Conciliatory measures), Cristiano Amon (Qualcomm) including 17 American CEOs. You don’t bring the most powerful private sector CEOs on earth to a foreign capital unless they are critical message. China’s economy is struggling with GDP growth near 1 per cent, property sector collapsed, youth unemployment at its highest, consumer confidence at several decades lowest. What does China need restart is there exactly what is sitting in that room- Apple manufacturing, Tesla’s technology, Blackrocks capital, Boeing’s contract. China can’t generate all this internally right now, although it can negotiate for it.

Trump just walked in carrying all of it. So what does Trump need in return? Trump wants China to start helping Iran? Trump want to make great America, greater again.  Before the diplomatic visit Trump want to weaken China by capturing Venezuelan leadership first by Maduro and ceased oil under Operation Southern Spear ( January 3 mission was codenamed Operation Absolute Resolve, Iran war bombing over 1,000 targets in the opening days. Both countries China buys majority of the oil from. 

Iran has missiles and drones but Iran doesn’t know where to strike or aim them without intel outside help. Chinese ships in the Arabian Sea have been feeding real-time radar data to Iranian forces. Russian  intelligence has been directing Iranian strikes. Iran’s military effectiveness is guided by Chinese eyes and Russian brains. Iranian weapons and ineffective if you cut that intelligence wire and Iran fights blind. Trump can’t cut it with threats, China already absorbed 145 per cent tariffs, Technology bans and sanctions, which all failed. But Tim Cook offering to expand Apple manufacturing in China by a million dollars which might move Beijing. The CEO’s aren’t guests but they are leverage. Taiwan who has been watching  this summit with critical anxiety than any other country on Earth, after Trump already held up a major arms sale to Taiwan just before this trip.  What would China do?  China won’t say the word “Taiwan” loud.

Russian foreign minister Lavrov, Putin’s most senior diplomat is also in Beijing within 24 hours of Trump visit. If you think this is just a trade summit, think again this is developing into a three-way negotiation over the future of two wars and million-dollar trade deals and economic partnerships. China’s expanding middle class and massive consumer base are critical growth markets for US companies, whose efforts to wring profits from financially struggling consumers in the US and other developed economies.

China’s President Xi Jinping told US CEOs travelling with President Trump to Beijing that it will open further to American business, a key goal for corporate leaders eager to expand their presence in the world’s second-largest economy.

China could take several steps to ease economic tension with the US according a political consultant “ We continue to expect the two sides to announce increased trade and tariff adjustments in non-sensitive sectors, inlcidng Chinese purchases of US agricultural products like Beef, Boeing aircraft and energy.”