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Birthday Diplomacy: Legal and Policy Implications of a Potential Trump-Xi Summit Amid Mounting U.S.-China Trade Tensions
The reported discussions between the Biden administration’s China envoy and Beijing regarding a potential “birthday summit” between former President Trump and President Xi Jinping raise complex legal and policy questions. While the Wall Street Journal first detailed these discussions (March 2025), the concept of a bilateral meeting tied to leaders’ birthdays carries symbolic resonance and strategic calculation. At its core, the issue involves interpreting the scope of presidential authority in shaping foreign policy, balancing statutory constraints like the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. § 2155) against executive prerogatives under the Constitution’s Article II (Art. II, §2). This summit proposal illuminates tensions between congressional trade oversight, national security exemptions, and the President’s inherent power to conduct diplomacy.