Donald Trump has left China –where he met with Xi Jinping– with kind words, but without having resolved any of his concerns: neither the blockade in Hormuz, nor the Taiwan crisis, nor the trade balance. Manel Ollé, professor of Chinese studies at the UPF and expert in the Asian giant, analyzes the meeting between the two leaders, which has been more marked by gestures than by tangible agreements.

(This interview was published on November 10, 2025, before Donald Trump's latest threat to conquer Greenland)

Chinese and US trade delegations met in London on Monday to address a series of new conflicts that have shaken bilateral relations and threaten the fragile tariff truce they agreed to On May 13, in Geneva, following an escalation of tariff increases that had been imposed on each other in a escalating trade war, from the call Liberation Day by Donald Trump, when the trade war and the imposition of tariffs on imports began.