President Trump’s recent state visit to Beijing for a two-day summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping on May 14-15 has anchored trader attention on high-level diplomatic engagements in 2026. The meeting addressed trade balances, critical minerals supply chains, artificial intelligence cooperation, Taiwan, and the ongoing conflict involving Iran, producing modest announcements on market access and investment without major breakthroughs. Scheduled multilateral events now shape the calendar, including the G7 summit in France in June, the NATO summit in Turkey in July, and the G20 in Miami in December, where additional bilateral sessions with world leaders could occur. These forums, combined with potential follow-up U.S.-China talks at APEC or a reciprocal state visit, highlight how economic negotiations, alliance commitments, and regional security developments continue to determine the sequence and participants in presidential meetings through year-end.