Trump, Xi, and Putin set for trilateral talks in China

The White House has scheduled U.S. President Donald Trump to meet with China President Xi Jinping and Russia President Vladimir Putin in China next week in trilateral talks on the sidelines of the APEC summit. White House spokeswoman Olivia Wales said Trump wants to raise nuclear arms reduction, which he described as dangerous as proliferation continues to spread. Senior U.S. officials also put Iran on the agenda, but said Washington does not expect any agreement to emerge from this first meeting. Ukraine was intentionally excluded because China is not involved in the separate negotiating track between the U.S., Kyiv and Moscow. In addition to the trilateral talks, Trump is scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting and a working lunch with Xi.