China on Wednesday scuttled hopes from President Donald Trump that Washington could engage Beijing and Russia in denuclearization talks. 

Russia, the U.S., and China are the world’s largest nuclear powers, in that order. Trump on Monday renewed calls for the countries to discuss nuclear arms control and nonproliferation, calling the request “very important” amid fears from the White House that the Russia-Ukraine war could escalate into World War III. 

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