Chinese President Xi Jinping is meeting with a slate of foreign leaders, including Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and Vietnamese leader To Lam. These diplomatic visits are occurring against a backdrop of global trade tensions and ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and Vietnamese leader To Lam are the latest world leaders to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping amid global trade tensions and the war in Iran. Xi also this week met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Abu Dhabi’s crown prince, Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The president of Mozambique arrives in China this week as well. US President Donald Trump delayed his trip to China to May 14-15 in order to focus on the conflict in the Middle....