How Iran and Venezuela strikes transform the Trump-Xi trade talks

China’s opposition to the U.S. and Israeli war on Iran is stoking tensions between Beijing and Washington just weeks before a high-stakes meeting between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping. The attacks aren’t likely to halt or compromise diplomacy between the two superpowers. But they will set the “mood music” for Trump’s upcoming summit with Xi in China, said Tim Keeler, partner and co-head of international trade at Mayer Brown.