chokepoints, with nearly a fifth of .S. President Donald Trump high-level talks between both lead- global crude oil shipments passing and Chinese President Xi ers in Beijing on Thursday, with the U through the narrow waterway daily. Jinping have reached a rare White House confirming that Wash - The region has witnessed months point of agreement over the increas- ington and Beijing jointly opposed of instability following the escalation any attempt to militarise the vital ingly volatile Strait of Hormuz, of the Iran conflict earlier this year, shipping route or impose tolls on declaring that th…