Xi got Trump's red carpet welcome - but not everything he wanted
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Xi got Trump's red carpet welcome - but not everything he wanted

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The BbcSeptember 25, 2026View Source

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Le président Xi Jinping a rendu visite à Donald Trump dans sa maison en Floride.

President Xi Jinping visited Donald Trump at his house in Florida.

président→presidenta rendu visite→visitedà→to/atdans→insa→hismaison→houseen→in/atFloride→Florida
Donald Trump a accueilli le leader chinois avec un tapis rouge.

Donald Trump welcomed the Chinese leader with a red carpet.

accueilli→welcomedchinois→Chineseavec→withtapis→carpetrouge→red
La Chine voulait parler du commerce et de la technologie.

China wanted to talk about trade and technology.

Chine→Chinavoulait→wantedparler→to talkdu→about/of thecommerce→tradeet→andtechnologie→technology
Ils ont aussi discuté de la situation à Taïwan.

They also discussed the situation in Taiwan.

ont→haveaussi→alsodiscuté→discussedde→about/ofà→in/atTaïwan→Taiwan
Xi Jinping espérait plus de progrès pendant cette réunion.

Xi Jinping hoped for more progress during this meeting.

espérait→hoped forplus→moreprogrès→progresspendant→duringcette→thisréunion→meeting
Cependant, la Chine n'a pas obtenu tout ce qu'elle voulait.

However, China did not get everything it wanted.

Cependant→Howevern→notpas→notobtenu→obtained/gottout→everythingce qu→what/that whichvoulait→wanted
Les deux pays ont encore beaucoup de problèmes à résoudre.

The two countries still have many problems to solve.

deux→twopays→countriesont→haveencore→stillbeaucoup→manyproblèmes→problemsà→torésoudre→solve
Les relations entre les États-Unis et la Chine sont très complexes.

Relations between the USA and China are very complex.

entre→betweenÉtats-Unis→United Stateset→andsont→aretrès→verycomplexes→complex
Des discussions futures seront nécessaires pour les deux leaders.

Future discussions will be necessary for the two leaders.

futures→futureseront→will benécessaires→necessarypour→fordeux→two
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tapis rouge
red carpet
"Le leader a marché sur le tapis rouge."
commerce
trade
"Le commerce international est important."
progrès
progress
"Nous faisons des progrès chaque jour."
cependant
however
"Il pleut, cependant nous sortons."
résoudre
to solve
"Il faut résoudre ce problème rapidement."
entre
between
"La table est entre les deux chaises."
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