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Summit Diplomacy Amid Tariff Tensions: Strategic deliberation of a Potential Trump–Xi Meeting in June
On March 10, 2025, The Wall Street Journal reported that high‐level envoys from the United States and China engaged in exploratory discussions to arrange a bilateral summit between President Donald J. Trump and President Xi Jinping in mid‐June (Wall Street Journal, March 10, 2025). At stake are deeply entrenched legal, constitutional, and policy tensions involving trade sanctions, national security prerogatives, and Congress’s oversight role. This developing episode raises core questions under the U.S. Constitution—specifically, the President’s power to negotiate foreign agreements in light of statutory constraints and Congressional authority over tariffs and commerce (U.S. Const. art. II; Trade Act of 1974 § 151).