The US, Russia and China have begun discussing a meeting of their leaders at the APEC summit in two weeks Senior officials from China, the United States and Russia are discussing the possibility of holding a summit with the participation of Xi Jinping, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Shenzhen on November 18-19. Over the past two weeks, officials have been in serious talks to organize the first tripartite meeting of heads of state, people familiar with the situation in the three capitals told the Financial Times. Trump plans to attend the APEC summit and meet with Xi. Some time ago, he floated the idea of joining Putin's meeting. But Beijing has yet to make a decision on whether it should proceed, FT sources say. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Sunday that Xi appeared confused when he asked the Chinese leader about a possible trilateral summit during their meeting last week. According to Steinmeier, Xi asked where the rumors came from. More details.