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Groundwork for a Trump-Xi meeting expected next month is thinning: the investment board agreed at their May summit is unlikely to be among the deliverables, the South China Morning Post reports, with Singapore and South Korea positioning to take up the work.
Washington and Beijing are trying to turn leader-level meetings into concrete agreements on investment and scientific cooperation. Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met at a summit in May, and their administrations have been negotiating since over what a follow-up encounter can actually deliver.
The Board of Investment agreed at the May summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping is unlikely to be among the deliverables for their expected meeting next month, the South China Morning Post reports. A proposed US rule barring scientific collaboration with China has drawn protest from American researchers, according to Global Times, while Singapore and South Korea are positioning to take up the work.