00:00U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to meet in Beijing next week,
00:06the first visit by a U.S. President to China in nearly a decade.
00:10Analyst Alejandro Reyes says the meeting is less about personal diplomacy
00:14and more about preventing tensions between Washington and Beijing from escalating further.
00:21According to Reyes, Trump's priorities can be summed up as treaties, trade, Tehran and Taiwan.
00:28Trade issues. I think he would like to have China make more purchases of U.S. goods.
00:36And, of course, there appears to be in the works an agreement on aviation purchases, airplane purchases.
00:48I think he would also like to talk about Iran and perhaps convince China to do more than it may
00:58be doing behind the scenes
01:00in order to put pressure on Tehran to address, to at least lift the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
01:13As for Presidency, Reyes said that he may focus on stability during the meet.
01:19I think he will want to have to look for stability, see if he can get the United States to
01:29think,
01:29well, how do you resolve the conflict in the Middle East, in the Gulf, and bring more stability to the
01:36region
01:36because it is going to affect, it is affecting China's energy sourcing.
01:42I think Xi Jinping is also looking for a sense of status, if you will,
01:50that China is there looking responsible, seeking stability in the world, behaving responsibly,
02:00trying what it can behind the scenes to resolve these conflicts.
02:04Major breakthroughs are unlikely, instead the summit may produce limited, symbolic agreements
02:11or carefully worded statements designed to lower tensions.
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