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The trip will make Trump among the first foreign “This is a relationship that continues
leaders to meet the new Chinese leadership after to grow and mature on the strength
the ruling party has concluded its 19th national of the relationship between yourself
congress, a crucial twice-in-a-decade meeting, and President Trump, and we look
meaning that he would probably learn first-hand forward to advancing that relationship
about China's growth path for the next five years with this upcoming summit.”
and beyond.
- US Secretary Tillerson to Chinese
In his latest phone conversation with Xi last President Xi in Beijing, Sep 30, 2017
month, Trump said that this year both the US
and China have important domestic agendas, level dialogues agreed to by the two presidents
and he hopes that those agendas can be carried at their Mar-a-Lago meeting on fields including
out smoothly. economy, diplomacy, security, social and cultural
exchange, law enforcement and cybersecurity.
Scott Kennedy, deputy director of the Freeman
Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic US Secretary Rex Tillerson and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in Beijing,
and International Studies, said first that Trump's Sep 30, 2017. [Photo/The White House]
visit to Beijing will try to establish a clear framework
for the relationship that identifies the core
principles that the relationship is based on, and the
shared goals that the two countries have, whether
it's dealing with bilateral or multilateral issues.
"The second is going to be trying to find a path
for progress in dealing with economic issues,"
Kennedy told China Daily, because the Trump
administration has wanted to make economic
relations "much fairer".
The third is on security issues.
"I think there is going to need to be some sense of
progress on how to deal with some of the hot spots
in the Asia-Pacific region, most importantly on the
Korean Peninsula, which is in the news every day
and threatens to become a much wider problem,"
he said.
Trump's visit to China would be his third leg in
Asia, preceded by his stay in Japan, South Korea
and followed by visits in the Vietnam and the
Philippines between Nov 5-14, according to the
White House.
Preparations for Trump's visit have been going
on since the two heads of state's first meeting in
April. China's State Councilor Yang Jiechi, Foreign
Minister Wang Yi and US Secretary of State Rex
Tillerson have either met in Beijing, Bonn and
Washington or held separate phone conversations
several times, discussing Trump's China tour.
Leading up to the visit, Beijing and Washington
have completed the first round of the four cabinet-
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The trip will make Trump among the first foreign “This is a relationship that continues
leaders to meet the new Chinese leadership after to grow and mature on the strength
the ruling party has concluded its 19th national of the relationship between yourself
congress, a crucial twice-in-a-decade meeting, and President Trump, and we look
meaning that he would probably learn first-hand forward to advancing that relationship
about China's growth path for the next five years with this upcoming summit.”
and beyond.
- US Secretary Tillerson to Chinese
In his latest phone conversation with Xi last President Xi in Beijing, Sep 30, 2017
month, Trump said that this year both the US
and China have important domestic agendas, level dialogues agreed to by the two presidents
and he hopes that those agendas can be carried at their Mar-a-Lago meeting on fields including
out smoothly. economy, diplomacy, security, social and cultural
exchange, law enforcement and cybersecurity.
Scott Kennedy, deputy director of the Freeman
Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic US Secretary Rex Tillerson and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in Beijing,
and International Studies, said first that Trump's Sep 30, 2017. [Photo/The White House]
visit to Beijing will try to establish a clear framework
for the relationship that identifies the core
principles that the relationship is based on, and the
shared goals that the two countries have, whether
it's dealing with bilateral or multilateral issues.
"The second is going to be trying to find a path
for progress in dealing with economic issues,"
Kennedy told China Daily, because the Trump
administration has wanted to make economic
relations "much fairer".
The third is on security issues.
"I think there is going to need to be some sense of
progress on how to deal with some of the hot spots
in the Asia-Pacific region, most importantly on the
Korean Peninsula, which is in the news every day
and threatens to become a much wider problem,"
he said.
Trump's visit to China would be his third leg in
Asia, preceded by his stay in Japan, South Korea
and followed by visits in the Vietnam and the
Philippines between Nov 5-14, according to the
White House.
Preparations for Trump's visit have been going
on since the two heads of state's first meeting in
April. China's State Councilor Yang Jiechi, Foreign
Minister Wang Yi and US Secretary of State Rex
Tillerson have either met in Beijing, Bonn and
Washington or held separate phone conversations
several times, discussing Trump's China tour.
Leading up to the visit, Beijing and Washington
have completed the first round of the four cabinet-
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