{"id":2432123,"date":"2025-05-07T18:55:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T22:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/xi-jinping-visits-moscow-ahead-of-bessents-trade-talks-with-china-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-05-07T18:56:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T22:56:25","slug":"xi-jinping-visits-moscow-ahead-of-bessents-trade-talks-with-china-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/xi-jinping-visits-moscow-ahead-of-bessents-trade-talks-with-china-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Xi Jinping visits Moscow ahead of Bessent\u2019s trade talks with China &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fxi-jinping-visits-moscow-ahead-of-bessents-trade-talks-with-china-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2432123&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to visit Moscow as the &#8220;guest of honor&#8221; for the Victory Day celebration on May 9, which marks the Soviet Union&#8217;s victory over Nazi Germany in 1945. This will be Xi&#8217;s third trip to Russia as the start of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, emphasizing the strengthening ties between China and Russia, particularly in the context of U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">foreign policy<\/a> under President Donald Trump. During his visit, Xi aims to portray China and Russia as a counterpoint to American influence.<\/p>\n<p>In an article for Russian state media, Xi highlighted the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-war-us-to-send-its-two-iron-dome-units-to-israel\/\" title=\"US to deploy two Iron Dome units to Israel for war support.\">deep-rooted friendship<\/a> between the two nations, stating that their camaraderie is a source of strength. Simultaneously occurring, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer are preparing to meet Chinese officials to discuss trade relations, with expectations set on deescalation rather than major agreements.<\/p>\n<p>The deepening trade relationship between China and Russia comes against the backdrop of Western sanctions on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine, with trade reaching a record high last year. In the U.S., President Trump has refused to lower tariffs on Chinese goods, which he sees as necessary for meaningful negotiations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Xi Jinping visits Moscow ahead of Bessent&rsquo;s trade talks with China<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2115596\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Chinese<\/a> President Xi Jinping will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Russian<\/a> President Vladimir Putin&rsquo;s &ldquo;guest of honor&rdquo; for Moscow&rsquo;s Victory Day celebration on Friday, revealing the close relationship between the two nations amid President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> &ldquo;America First&rdquo; agenda.<\/p>\n<p>The May 9 celebration will commemorate the Soviet Union forcing Nazi Germany&rsquo;s surrender in 1945. Jinping&rsquo;s visit will be the third time since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war that the Chinese leader has visited Russia. <\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3404441\/pat-fallon-recommends-trump-involved-india-pakistan-conflict\/\">Pat Fallon recommends Trump get &#8216;involved&#8217; in Pakistan-India conflict<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3404041\/conclave-first-vote-black-smoke\/\">First vote of conclave ends with black smoke<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3403712\/russia-china-india-pakistan-conflict-splits-allies\/\">India-Pakistan conflict splits allegiances between allies China and Russia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>This particular visit by Jinping is meant to signify the strong relationship between China and Russia in an effort to paint the two nations as an alternative to the &ldquo;hegemonism&rdquo; of the United States, according to an article credited to Xi published in Russian state media. The Chinese leader said he would not let outside powers influence his relationship with Moscow.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&ldquo;<\/strong>The strong camaraderie between our two nations, forged in blood and sacrifice, surges onward unceasingly. &hellip; It is an eternal wellspring nourishing our everlasting friendship,&rdquo; the article said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/05\/06\/europe\/china-russia-xi-putin-victory-day-hnk-intl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">according to CNN<\/a>, citing the Chinese Foreign Ministry.<\/p>\n<p>A different article published in Chinese state media said that both Putin and Jinping would &ldquo;lead the correct direction of global governance.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer are scheduled to meet with Chinese officials in Switzerland this weekend to discuss their trade relationship. Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng will be among the Chinese delegation.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My sense is that this will be about deescalation, not about the big trade deal,&rdquo; Bessent told Fox News host Laura Ingraham on Tuesday about the planned meeting. &ldquo;But we&rsquo;ve got to deescalate before we can move forward.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trade between Russia and China reached a record high last year as Western countries have continued to sanction Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine. China is expected to be moving even closer to Russia after the U.S. placed a 145% tariff on Chinese goods.<\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3404312\/trump-wont-drop-china-tariffs-negotiations-beijing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">said on Wednesday<\/a> that he would not lower tariffs on China in an effort to advance negotiations between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3404312\/trump-wont-drop-china-tariffs-negotiations-beijing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">TRUMP SAYS HE WON&rsquo;T DROP 145% CHINA TARIFFS TO ADVANCE NEGOTIATIONS, AS REQUESTED BY BEIJING<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;China says in order to have substantive negotiations, you have to bring down your 145% tariffs,&rdquo; a reporter told Trump on Wednesday. &ldquo;Are you open to pulling back your tariffs in order to get China to the negotiating table?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No,&rdquo; Trump flatly stated before moving on to the next question.<\/p>\n<p>Bessent said on Tuesday that the Trump administration is negotiating with 17 of its 18 &ldquo;very <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >important trading relationships&#038;rdquo<\/a>; amid the U.S.&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-opens-tariff-talks-with-south-korea-things-are-looking-good\/\" title=\"Trump opens tariff talks with South Korea: &#039;Things are looking good&#039;\">sweeping tariff policy<\/a> on countries across the globe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2115596\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2115596\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Xi Jinping visits Moscow for Victory Day, highlighting China-Russia ties<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2432124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Jinping-Putin--scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4501,50839,54808,32076,35581],"class_list":["post-2432123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-china","tag-moscow-2","tag-trade-talks","tag-washington-examiner","tag-xi-jinping"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Jinping-Putin--scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2432123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2432123"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2432123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2432127,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2432123\/revisions\/2432127"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2432124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2432123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2432123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2432123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}