Thursday/Friday meeting. So guess he will be departing Trumpland on Wednesday given time difference etc.
(from NYT)
What is on the table?
Mr. Trump and Mr. Xi are likely to discuss trade, including possible investment in each other’s countries. Washington has been emphasizing what analysts call the “Five B’s.” These include Chinese purchases of Boeing airplanes, U.S. beef and soybeans, as well as the creation of a board of investment and a board of trade. Those two entities would carve out areas of economic exchange between the United States and China that do not raise national security concerns.
The Chinese have been emphasizing the “Three T’s”: tariffs, technology and Taiwan, which Beijing claims is part of China’s territory. Beijing is likely to push for an extension of last year’s trade truce and the loosening of export controls on advanced semiconductors that China needs to upgrade its industrial sector. Mr. Xi, who told Mr. Trump by phone in February that his country would “never allow Taiwan to be separated from China,” is likely to push Mr. Trump to dial back U.S. support for the self-governed island.
Mr. Trump is expected to call on Beijing to persuade Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The two sides are also expected to discuss cooperation on managing risk related to artificial intelligence.
Mr. Trump has said that he will raise the case of the Hong Kong democracy activist Jimmy Lai, who was sentenced in February to 20 years in prison for collusion and sedition. Other issues include the buildup of China’s nuclear weapons, security in the South China Sea and reducing flows of fentanyl into the United States.
What are the possible outcomes?
Mr. Trump has been boastful about his relationship with Mr. Xi, whom he calls “a friend,” and is keen to announce an increase in Chinese investment in the United States.
But expectations are not high that the two sides will reach a major economic deal or resolve their deep differences. A more likely outcome is a set of modest agreements on investment and an extension of last year’s temporary trade truce.
“We probably shouldn’t expect this meeting to have particularly substantial, major breakthroughs,” said Zhao Minghao, an international relations expert at Shanghai’s Fudan University, who said the meeting would serve as a starting point for more engagement. American officials have said that the two leaders could meet four times this year.
Analysts say the summit is also a way for both sides to buy themselves time to reduce reliance on the other country as competition continues. “Within China there is also still a deep sense of suspicion about the United States,” said Bonny Lin, director of the China Power Project and senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.