U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in Beijing on the 14th. According to a White House readout, the two sides held a “good” meeting and agreed that Iran must never possess nuclear weapons. Xinhua reported that Xi said the Taiwan issue is “the most important issue in China-U.S. relations” and that properly handling it would help keep bilateral ties generally stable. However, the White House readout did not mention Taiwan. Analysts said this may indicate that Trump did not make concessions on Taiwan. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said after the meeting that U.S. policy toward Taiwan has not changed and that any forced change to the status quo would be harmful to both the United States and China. He added that arms sales had been discussed in the past but were not the focus of this meeting. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who attended the Trump-Xi meeting, earlier suggested that the United States and China were close to finalizing a major Boeing aircraft order and would also discuss safety standards for AI development. Trump said in an interview on the 15th that China had agreed to buy 200 aircraft from Boeing. U.S. soybean exports are included in the current sales agreement with China, and Beijing is also interested in buying more U.S. energy products. Bessent said the two countries would discuss creating a committee to identify non-sensitive U.S. industries that could accept Chinese investment, as well as another trade committee to help roll back some tariffs on about $30 billion in goods in non-critical sectors. Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan passed a special defense act after a third reading, removing items related to commercial procurement and commissioned production. Defense officials said the move would have a major impact on military buildup and combat readiness, with the effect on combat power difficult to estimate. The Ministry of National Defense said it would draft response measures to minimize the impact. The first paym