Trump, Xi and Putin plan first three-way meeting, set for Thursday at APEC in China

President Trump will take part in the first-ever three-way meeting of the leaders of the United States, China and Russia, senior U.S. officials told reporters Friday evening ¹. The meeting is planned for the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, known as APEC, in China ¹.

The White House confirmed that Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin plan to meet Thursday in Shenzhen, according to The Associated Press. APEC brings together 21 economies ².

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What is on the agenda

A senior U.S. official said Trump plans to discuss the Iran war with Xi and Putin ². Trump has also said the meeting could help him reach a three-way agreement on nuclear arsenals ².

The official described the session as "the beginning of hopefully a conversation" on nuclear disarmament and said no agreements are expected to be announced ². The same official said Trump will steer away from Ukraine ².

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New START, the last U.S.-Russia nuclear arms treaty, expired in February. That removed limits on the two largest arsenals for the first time in more than 50 years ². Trump rejected a Russian offer to extend it for a year and called for "a new, improved and modernized" deal that includes China ².

China has more than 600 warheads, according to Pentagon estimates. The U.S. and Russia each have more than 5,000 ². China has shown little interest in a nuclear pact ².

Worries about Ukraine

Russia's war with Ukraine is nearly five years old ². Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has expressed concern that the meeting could be used to discuss a possible Ukraine deal behind Kyiv's back ².

Analysts told the AP they expect no major breakthroughs and describe the talks as "heavier in symbolism than substance" ². Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov dismissed comparisons to the 1945 Yalta conference, saying agreements reached in Shenzhen cannot be enforced on others ².

What Democrats have said before

Democrats have not yet reacted to this meeting in the sources we reviewed. After Trump's May summit with Xi in Beijing, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined nine other Democratic senators in a statement. They said Trump "secured zero concessions from Beijing" ³.

That statement also criticized Trump's handling of Iran and Ukraine ³. It is a preview of the questions Democrats are likely to ask about Shenzhen.

What happens next

The leaders are due to meet Thursday, though the officials gave no other schedule details ¹². Trump and Putin have met face to face seven times, most recently in Alaska in August 2025. Trump and Xi have met eight times ².

That matters because Putin and Xi have met more than 40 times since 2013, and Beijing is Moscow's top trading partner ². Trump will be the third person at a table where two of the leaders already know each other well. That is analysis, not a finding from the reports.

On prices, AP says analysts attribute rising global crude oil prices mostly to the Iran war ². No tariff plans were announced for the meeting in the reports we read ¹².

The Record

1. Aug 15, 2025Trump and Putin last met face to face, in Alaska, in August 2025 ².
2. Feb 5, 2026New START, the last U.S.-Russia nuclear arms pact, expired in February 2026 ².
3. May 15, 2026Senate Foreign Relations Democrats criticized Trump's Beijing summit with Xi as yielding no concessions ³.
4. Nov 13, 2026Senior U.S. officials announced the planned three-way meeting for next week at APEC in China ¹².

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1. ABC News, “Trump to meet with Putin and Xi in China next week, US officials say” (2026-11-13). abcnews.com/Politics/trump-meet-putin-xi-china-week-us-offic
2. AP (via ClickOrlando), “Trump, Xi and Putin plan an unprecedented joint meeting on the sidelines of APEC, White House says” (2026-11-13). clickorlando.com/news/politics/2026/11/13/trump-xi-and-putin
3. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Democrats, “Senate Foreign Relations Democrats Statement on Trump-Xi Summit” (2026-05-15). foreign.senate.gov/press/dem/release/senate-foreign-relation

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