Name: 'Expect short-term transactional deals dressed up as breakthroughs': ex-diplomat on Trump-Xi meeting
Uploaded: 2026-05-13T21:51:05Z
Duration: 7 min 42 s
Description: Former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig discusses the Trump-Xi meeting and whether it’s about optics or if something substantive will get done.

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'Expect short-term transactional deals dressed up as breakthroughs': ex-diplomat on Trump-Xi meeting

Former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig discusses the Trump-Xi meeting and whether it’s about optics or if something substantive will get done.

May 13, 2026 at 5:34PM EDT