Trump seeks new nuclear deal in rare meeting with Putin, Xi

Trump, Putin and Xi will meet at next week’s Apec summit in China to discuss reducing nuclear weapons, the White House has said.

Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping will hold a historic trilateral meeting on the sidelines of next week’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in Shenzhen, China, the White House has said, according to the BBC.

Spokeswoman Olivia Wales said nuclear arms reduction would top the agenda.

“The president has made it clear that, among other topics, he will discuss the reduction of nuclear weapons in the world, whose proliferation President Trump believes is very dangerous,” she said.

Iran may also feature, but not Ukraine. Moscow and Beijing are yet to comment, and a US official said no agreement was expected.

Trump arrives in Shenzhen on Wednesday and will hold bilateral talks with Xi on Thursday, their fourth meeting since his 2025 return to office.

“President Trump will conclude his visit to China with a trilateral meeting between the president of the United States, the president of the People’s Republic of China, and the president of the Russian Federation,” Wales said.

The talks follow February’s expiry of a US-Russia nuclear arms treaty, which Trump wants replaced with a deal including China.