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Europe watches the Trump-Xi summit through trade, Ukraine, NATO and China’s leverage. For Brussels, Paris, Berlin, Rome and London, the question is whether diplomacy lowers tensions or shifts the cost onto Europe. By Ahmed Fathi New York, NY: President Donald Trump’s summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing will be watched in Europe with a mix of relief and unease. Europe wants Washington and Beijing to talk. A U.S.-China trade war, a Taiwan crisis, or a technology

From Hormuz to Suez, the Middle East and North Africa are watching the Trump-Xi summit for the price of stability. The region wants open shipping lanes, lower U.S.-Iran tensions, protected Red Sea routes, stable energy prices, and room to work with both Washington and Beijing without becoming a bargaining table.

Japan and South Korea are watching the Trump-Xi summit through four linked concerns: Taiwan, North Korea, Hormuz, and the future of America’s alliance system in the Indo-Pacific. For Tokyo and Seoul, the issue is not only whether Washington and Beijing can stabilize relations, but whether that stability comes at the expense of allied confidence.

Trump’s expected summit with Xi places Taiwan, Iran, Hormuz, trade and technology at the center of the world’s most consequential power relationship.

NY-12’s Democratic primary is local, but its foreign policy stakes are global. From Israel and Gaza to Ukraine, China, Iran, and the U.N. and campaign money, the district deserves more than slogans from the candidates who are asking to represent it.