CNBC Daily Open: ‘Strategic triangle’ put to the test

Hello, this is Leonie Kidd writing to you from London. Welcome to today’s edition of the Daily Open newsletter. The so-called “strategic triangle” between Russia, China and the U.S. will face one of its most significant tests today. A meeting between Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping in Beijing will give a crucial indication of the state of relations between the two nations. But it will also test ties with the U.S., after President Donald Trump concluded his own trip to China with a positive tone. For markets, it’s a lot of geopolitical news to digest — as investors…