With a trade deal ready for signature, US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to unveil Thursday a “global peace plan” that seeks to cast both as statesmen jointly steering the world away from turbulence. It could also help mark the slow but inevitable emergence of a bipolar global order.

The plan, likely to be announced during their summit in Busan, could become the organising framework for an intense phase of US-China engagement over the coming year.

Trump is expected to travel to Beijing early next year, with Xi undertaking a return visit to Washington later in 2026 — visits that could inaugurate a new phase in the world’s most consequential bilateral relationship.

While the trade dispute has dominated headlines for months, neither leader wants to def

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