Trump, Xi and Putin: a summit that examines the world order and reopens the fear of a new division of power The planned meeting between the President of the United States. The United States, Donald Trump and his Chinese and Russian colleagues, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, on the sidelines of the APEC summit represent an extraordinary diplomatic event, not so much because of the immediate possibilities of reaching agreements but because of what it symbolizes: a direct dialogue between the three major nuclear powers in a scenario marked by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the technological control of Ukraine. The tensions between Washington and Beijing. The event will allow us to measure how willing its protagonists are to coordinate positions, but it will also put on the table a question that worries many governments: can the great powers negotiate the international future without taking into account the countries that are directly affected.