Trump, Xi, Putin to hold first-ever trilateral meeting

With Ukraine, Iran and nuclear arms on the table, can the three rival powers find common ground or are their differences too deep?

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When the leaders of the US, Russia and China meet next week, each will be hoping to put a different topic on the agenda.

President Donald Trump wants to discuss nuclear disarmament and the war with Iran, while President Vladimir Putin wants to focus on Ukraine. President Xi Jinping, meanwhile, will likely want to avoid both topics.

DW’s Shannon Redstall asked political science professor Mikhail Alexeev whether the summit could mark the beginning of a new era of great-power diplomacy, or whether the differences between the three strongmen will prove too great.

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