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Trump-Xi Beijing talks wrap; Boeing 200 units, soybeans, beef package emerges

Two-day Beijing summit ends May 15 with "constructive strategic stability" for three years ahead. Package locks Boeing 737 Max 200 units (expandable to 750), 400–450 GE engines, U.S. beef, and energy imports. Xi anchors Taiwan as "most critical issue" and warns of conflict if miscalculation occurs. Trump invites Xi to Washington in September, setting nine-month truce on US-China relations.

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