# US-China meeting was about 'managing rivalry', expert says

https://mins.news/en/video/73519

- euronews, 2026-09-25 06:48 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW-6W5ZT6PI

> Ian Lesser of the German Marshall Fund says Donald Trump and Xi Jinping's meeting was about managing rivalry rather than starting a new friendship. He says both leaders arrived with their own agendas.

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