Trump raised a potential nuclear deal between the U.S., Russia and China
Trump wants the three countries to sign a pact that would cap the number of nuclear warheads each one has in its arsenal.
China has previously been cool to entering such a pact. Beijing’s arsenal, according to Pentagon estimates, exceeds more than 600 operational nuclear warheads and is far from parity with the U.S. and Russia, which each are estimated to have more than 5,000 nuclear warheads.
But Trump suggested Xi was receptive to the idea when he raised it in their private talks.
“I got a very a positive response,” Trump said. “This is the beginning.”
The last nuclear arms pact, known as the New START treaty, between Russia and the United States expired in February, removing any caps on the two largest atomic arsenals for the first time in more than a half-century.
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