After China visit, Trump says he's undecided on sending weapons to Taiwan

US President Donald Trump has wrapped up his visit to Beijing after a crucial series of meetings with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the Iran war, trade, technology and Taiwan. The presidents claimed important progress in stabilising US-China relations even as deep differences persist between the two biggest world powers.

Taiwan remained the most important issue for China in the talks. Xi privately warned Trump that differences over the self-governed island, which Beijing claims as its own territory, could bring the US and China into clashes or conflict.

Trump told reporters that he had not yet made a determination on whether a major US sale of arms to Taiwan can move forward.

On Iran, Trump said Xi told him that China wants to help negotiate an end to the war and a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Trump has previously expressed hope that China would use its leverage as Iran's biggest trading partner to prod Tehran into a deal on US terms. Trump also said Xi assured him that China wouldn't provide Iran with military equipment.