AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoUS-China Summit Prep: Trade talks kicked off in Seoul as Treasury’s Scott Bessent met Vice-Premier He Lifeng, setting the stage for Trump’s Beijing visit this week—where Iran, Taiwan, tariffs, rare earths, and AI are expected to dominate. Tech Diplomacy: Trump’s CEO entourage expanded at the last minute—Nvidia chief Jensen Huang boarded Air Force One after being reportedly left off the initial list, raising fresh questions about China-bound chip permissions. Sanctions Pressure: Washington hit Iran-linked shipping to China with new sanctions, while Beijing is using its own legal tools—telling firms to ignore US penalties even as banks are quietly told to pause lending to targeted refiners. Energy & Markets: Oil prices slipped as traders watched the fragile Iran ceasefire and the Trump-Xi meeting; meanwhile, China may receive its first direct US LNG shipment in over a year. China’s Wider Push: A lunar-soil fiber breakthrough was delivered to the space station for vacuum testing, and APEC talks in Shanghai highlighted China’s push to electrify and “intelligently” transform autos across the region.
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