A New Pause Between the United States and China: Why the World Has Received Not Peace, but a Temporary Architecture of Managed Rivalry

WORLD & ANALYTICS | 100% NEWS
Presented by Julian Fenwick, Senior World Affairs Presenter and Analyst, 100% NEWS

The meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in Beijing was not a decorative diplomatic event of the day, but an attempt by the world’s two principal powers to install safeguards within a global system overheated by wars, energy risks, trade conflicts and the fear of a new major confrontation.

On 14 May 2026, the central issue in world politics became the meeting between the President of the United States, Donald Trump, and the President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping, in Beijing. Formally, it was a bilateral summit. In substance, it was a test of whether the global system is still capable of producing managed stability at a time when the Middle East, Ukraine, the trading system and energy markets are all under simultaneous pressure.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, the parties agreed on a new formula for relations: “constructive strategic stability” for the next three years and beyond. This phrase matters not as diplomatic decoration, but as an acknowledgement of reality: the United States and China can no longer return to the old model of globalisation, in which economic interdependence was assumed to be a sufficient guarantee of peace. Yet they are also not ready for a direct rupture, because the cost of such a rupture would be systemic — for trade, currencies, technologies, logistics, raw materials markets and security.

Eduard Rubin: G2 or what did SI say to Trump in metaphors?

In global politics, where every word is weighed on an apothecary’s scale and a protocol smile can cost billions, the recent meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People predictably became the centre of gravity for all those trying to discern the contours of tomorrow. However, while analysts on live broadcasts argue over tariffs and trade balances, a much older and more dangerous play is unfolding behind the scenes. Chinese diplomacy rarely speaks directly — it paints ideograms of meaning, understood only by those ready to peer into the depths of centuries.

Xi Jinping began the conversation by mentioning the “Thucydides Trap”. To a person accustomed to the transactional politics of deals, this might seem like a beautiful historical quotation or an intellectual bow. But for Beijing, this is not just a phrase. It is the signature that Xi has placed under every address to American leaders for twelve consecutive years — from Seattle to the Oval Office.

Women's Diplomacy: World Woman Forum will be held in Davos, 9-12 July 2026

WORLD WOMAN FORUM 2026 will take place in the unique environment of the Davos Congress Centre in Switzerland, a venue globally recognised as the home of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting and one of the world’s symbolic spaces for international dialogue, strategic thinking and the future of business and society, according to the Davos Congress Centre.

The Forum is designed as an international platform dedicated to women’s leadership, entrepreneurship, innovation, education, family business, social impact and global cooperation. It will bring together women leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, executives, educators, public figures and changemakers from different countries to exchange ideas, build partnerships and strengthen the role of women in the global economy.

The 80th Anniversary of the First Meeting of the IMF Executive Board

Last week marked the 80th anniversary of the first meeting of the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund. It is difficult to know what the atmosphere was like on 6 May 1946, when twelve Executive Directors gathered at the Washington Hotel for their first meeting. Yet those people began building what was then described as something entirely new in the history of international monetary practice — and what would become one of the most important bodies of monetary policy in the world.

IMF at 80: The Executive Board and the Evolution of Global Financial Cooperation

In May 2026, the International Monetary Fund marks an important institutional milestone: the 80th anniversary of the first meeting of its Executive Board. On 6 May 1946, the first Executive Directors of the IMF met in Washington, D.C., beginning the operational life of an institution created to help stabilise the international monetary system after the devastation of the Great Depression and the Second World War. The IMF’s own first Annual Report records that its operations began from that first meeting of the Executive Directors in Washington. (IMF)

Dominic Ashford Interviews Svetlana Gerey: How to Plan Life and Business Before 2027

How families, entrepreneurs and investors can plan life, business, travel, education and budgets in a world of oil shocks, geopolitical uncertainty and economic turbulence.

Category: 100News.TV: Business & Growth Interview
Format: 100News.TV Interview
Presenter: Dominic Ashford, Business & Growth Presenter, 100News.TV
Guest: Svetlana Gerey, Vice-President, International Consortium Global Development Alliance

As oil prices, geopolitical tensions and inflation risks reshape the global agenda, Dominic Ashford, Business & Growth Presenter at 100News.TV, speaks with Svetlana Gerey, Vice-President of the International Consortium Global Development Alliance, about how families, entrepreneurs and investors should plan life and business before 2027.

Dominic Ashford:
Good evening, and welcome to 100News.TV, the international information and analytical platform where we look beyond the headline and try to understand what global events really mean for people, businesses, families and the future.

Today, the world is again divided between what people are watching and what may actually shape their lives.

Millions follow football, sport, celebrities and emotional stories. At the same time, oil prices, sanctions, inflation, bond markets and geopolitical tensions quietly influence household budgets, business plans, travel decisions, children’s summer camps, investment strategies and even the emotional state of families.

Inflation is the rate at which the general level of prices for goods and services is rising, and, consequently, the purchasing power of currency is falling.

Bond markets (also known as the debt market or credit market) are financial markets where participants can issue new debt or buy and sell debt securities.

To discuss this deeper layer, I am joined by Svetlana Gerey, Vice-President of the International Consortium Global Development Alliance.

Svetlana, thank you for joining us.

Svetlana Gerey:
Thank you, Dominic. It is a pleasure to be here. I think this conversation is important because people today are surrounded by information, but very often they do not have a clear system for understanding what this information means for their own lives.

“People Search for Football, but Their Lives Are Priced in Oil”

Congress of Business 2026 in Glasgow: From COP26 Legacy to Practical Climate Action, Business Resilience and Sustainable Growth

Glasgow’s Congress of Business brings together civic leaders, chambers of commerce, universities, investors and sustainability experts to turn climate ambition into measurable action and commercial opportunity.

By 100%NEWS

Glasgow has once again become a meeting point for business leadership, climate strategy and practical economic transformation. The Congress of Business 2026, known as COB26, returned to the city on 12 May 2026 during Glasgow Climate Week, bringing together senior business leaders, sustainability decision-makers, civic representatives, academics, investors and innovators to discuss how climate ambition can be transformed into measurable action, resilience and commercial growth. According to Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, COB26 is a high-level summit designed to help organisations move from climate commitments to practical implementation, with a particular focus on resilience, growth and climate leadership.

The event was held at SWG3 in Glasgow and led by Glasgow Chamber of Commerce. It was delivered in partnership with the British Chambers of Commerce, Scottish Chambers of Commerce, the University of Glasgow and E.ON UK. Glasgow Chamber of Commerce describes Congress of Business as one of the key convening moments between COP summits, keeping climate action at the top of the business agenda and connecting business leadership with practical delivery.