Benjamin Ho

THE WRITER IS AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AND COORDINATOR OF THE CHINA PROGRAMME AT THE S.RAJARATNAM SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY. HE SPECIALISES IN THE STUDY OF CHINESE POLITICS, US-CHINA RELATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF NORTH-EAST ASIA

US President Donald Trump (left) with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The strategic interests of the US and China remain wholly incompatible.

Trump-Xi summit: tactical concessions but little strategic breakthrough

Both Beijing and Washington can claim some kind of victory from the summit without giving up much