As leaders meet in New York, the fate of the world may rest on Trump and Xi

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping will meet in Washington DC this week. ( Reuters: Maxim Shemetov/Pool )

Link copied Share Share article In coming days, presidents and prime ministers from an estimated 130 countries will come together in New York.

But during this time there will be only one meeting that could determine the immediate fate of the world: that will be in Washington between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

For the leaders gathering in New York at the United Nations General Assembly, there are of course major issues to be discussed: a suddenly expressed panic over artificial intelligence (AI), the Iran war and its resulting crisis in the world energy market, erratic immigration flows and climate change being among them.