Chinese President Xi Jinping, US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
\n\nThe leaders of the United States, China and Russia are planning to sit down together on Thursday next week in the Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen. It would be the first such meeting of the heads of the three biggest nuclear powers. The White House confirmed the plan on Friday.
\n\nThe meeting will take place on the sidelines of next week’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. Experts say the talks are likely to offer more show than substance. A senior US official told reporters that no agreements are expected to be announced.
\n\nThe summit itself, which brings together 21 economies, may end up in the shadow of the three-way meeting. For China, it is a chance to show off Shenzhen, a city that grew from a small fishing village into a global technology hub within a few decades.
\n\nThe nuclear question is pressing. The last arms treaty between Washington and Moscow, known as New START, ran out in February, and for the first time in over 50 years there are no limits on the two largest nuclear arsenals. Trump turned down a Russian request to extend the deal…
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