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War, Inflation Accompany Trump to Beijing
CNN Inside Politics
May 13, 2026

President Trump arrived in China today for a high-stakes superpower summit, trailed by new evidence of economic trouble here in the US. At almost the exact moment the president descended from Air Force One in Beijing to the type of fanfare he loves, there was another reminder back home of why the stakes of this summit are so high: The war in Iran is pushing inflation to its highest level since 2022.