Cutting through an overload of information to get to the heart of the story.
This is The Point.
On June the 5th, the presidents of the world's top two economies spoke.
on the phone according to china's official news agency xinhua chinese president xi jinping welcomed the u.s president donald trump to visit china again for which the latter expressed heartfelt appreciation quote-unquote both sides of course discussed trade issues especially what to do to follow through on the agreement they reached in geneva switzerland on may the 12th A call came amid repeated US accusations that China has not followed through on its promises when it comes to relaxing controls over rare earth,
the minerals essential for high-tech products.
What exactly did the two presidents talk about?
What signals are they sending to each other and to the watching world?
And amid the smoke and mirrors of political signaling, what can we expect?
The return of tariff escalation or the Trumps posing in front of the Temple of Heaven?
Welcome to this special edition of The Point coming to you from Beijing.
I'm Li Xin.
Joining us from Shanghai,
Professor Zhang Xiaotong of Political Science and International Relations at KMAP University of Almaty,
Kazakhstan.
From New York, Anthony Chan,
Global Chief Economist at Chan Economics and former Global Chief Economist at JPMorgan Chase.
From Beijing, Chris Torrens, Managing Director of Greater China, of APCO,
an independent strategic advisory and vice chair of the British Chamber of Commerce in China,
and from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Vitalio Bruce Tollin, Professor of International...
international relations at Fluminense Federal University and a researcher at Harvard University.