Success of Trump-Xi summit lies in what happens afterwards

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The upcoming Washington meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump will test commitments to a strategic and stable China-US relationship. However, significant disagreements remain over trade, technology, Taiwan, and regional security.

Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to meet US President Donald Trump in Washington this week, after the May talks in Beijing and before the November Apec summit in Shenzhen. This sequence of diplomacy will test if the commitment to building a “constructive China-US relationship of strategic stability” translates into practical arrangements. The Washington meeting faces clear limits. Differences over trade, technology, industrial policy, Taiwan and regional security are deeply embedded in...