# Handshake or arm-wrestling match? What China’s stock traders expect from Xi-Trump meeting

https://mins.news/en/item/57214

- South China Morning Post, 2026-09-14 06:03 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3367417/handshake-or-arm-wrestling-match-what-chinas-stock-traders-expect-xi-trump-meeting?utm_source=rss_feed

> Stock traders in mainland China and Hong Kong are watching the upcoming meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump. The outcome could stir markets, whether it produces a friendly handshake or a tense test of wills, but investors currently expect so little substantive progress that they are not treating the event as a major stock-market catalyst.

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