Trump and Xi display their "friendship" at the White House, with a state dinner and pandas but no progress on trade or Taiwan
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JapanTokyo is mainly gauging what the Trump-Xi summit did not settle: neither on Taiwan, nor on artificial intelligence, nor on trade, despite the display of a "very great friendship".
What each one tells
opposition
VenezuelaCaracas is decoding the meeting between Trump and Xi through the prism of artificial intelligence, the only substantive issue mentioned by the local press beyond the protocol staging of the White House.
- Japan
Protocol
the coverage dedicates an entire article to the menu and dress codes of the state dinner, on par with in-depth issues.
Omission of tensions in the official narrative
the news service itself notes that the pomp fills the space left vacant by in-depth issues.
What the account puts first
VenezuelaProtocol
the narrative details the visit to the gardens, the heliport, and the anecdote about granite rather than the content of trade, Taiwan, or AI negotiations.
- Japan
Reliance on Chinese channels
several Kyodo dispatches relay Xi Jinping's statements via the official Xinhua agency rather than an American source.
What it leans on
VenezuelaReliance on presidential statement
the position on AI is based on Trump's sole statement, with no reported Chinese reaction in the article.