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Arms Control Association · United States · China rejects Trump's trilateral nuclear talks as 'unrealistic'
Parses Trump's 'multilateral' framing and China's rebuff: argues Beijing's disparity argument (600 warheads vs ~5,000 each) is genuine but also a convenient shield for a still-growing arsenal, and that the demand may foreclose any US–Russia successor.
“Beijing's insistence that Washington and Moscow cut first is both a principled point about disparity and a hedge that buys its own buildup time.”