TRUMP–XI SUMMIT

Minimalist editorial image featuring U.S. and Chinese desk flags on a glossy black surface beneath the phrase “Nothing happened.”

Trump–Xi summit: no news is big news — and why Thucydides was never the trapper

19/05/202619/05/2026

The Trump–Xi summit became historic precisely because almost nothing happened, exposing a transformed balance of power and challenging the increasingly ritualistic misuse of the so-called “Thucydides Trap”

A maritime worker stands beside a bulk carrier at dusk under illuminated loading cranes in an industrial port terminal

Decks and Deals Weekly #43

17/05/202619/05/2026

Between 10 and 16 May 2026, the BDI broke 3,195 mid-week before a Friday correction, MR Atlantic earnings collapsed 60-75%, two more ships were attacked at Hormuz, Hapag-Lloyd swung to a Q1 loss, and Trump landed in Beijing to ask Xi for help reopening the strait that has shaped freight markets for ten weeks

TRUMP–XI SUMMIT

Trump–Xi summit: no news is big news — and why Thucydides was never the trapper

Decks and Deals Weekly #43

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