00:00president trump is heading to beijing for what may be the most consequential diplomatic meeting of his second term a
00:07face-to-face with chinese president xi jinping aimed at pressuring china to force iran to reopen the strait of
00:14hormuz and end the energy crisis crippling american households
00:17china is iran's most important economic partner buying the vast majority of iranian oil exports that flow through back channels
00:26despite the u.s blockade without chinese pressure analysts say iran has little economic incentive to back down trump's argument
00:35to xi is straightforward iran's intransigence is driving global inflation
00:40that is hurting chinese exports and destabilizing markets beijing relies on u.s officials traveling with trump say the administration
00:49has offered china significant trade concessions in exchange for cooperation whether xi will deliver remains deeply uncertain and the window
00:58for a diplomatic solution is narrowing with everyday gas prices stay above four dollar a gallon
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