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Shadow of Xi summit hangs over Trump’s high-stakes talks with Japan’s Takaichi
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a politics story. South China Morning Post Asia is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to New York. The first report grouped here was at 22 Sept 2026, 01:00 UTC. The headline in use is “Shadow of Xi summit hangs over Trump’s high-stakes talks with Japan’s Takaichi”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
When Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets US President Donald Trump in New York on Tuesday, the leader casting the longest shadow over the meeting will not even be in the building. Trump will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in Washington on Thursday – two days after Takaichi meets the…
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- First reported by South China Morning Post Asia
Shadow of Xi summit hangs over Trump’s high-stakes talks with Japan’s Takaichi
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