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Some kind of dialogue over how Iran is resolved.
Although, again, I think the Chinese would rather sit in the backseat and let the other players like Pakistan, the Americans, the Iranians take the driver's seat.
And then number two is Taiwan, although I sense, as we spoke about this previously, James, there will be less pressure on the Americans to change their rhetoric or language.
I think the Chinese are more interested, actually, in another secondary issue, which I think may come up again, which is North Korea.
And so there may be some attempts on the sidelines to reconnect Pyongyang with Washington.
You know, Trump may revive his conversations, have a phone call with Rocket Man again very soon after this.
On the U.S.
side, very strongly, you see this from some of the CEOs that are invited.
Jensen Huang is just pulled out apparently.
He's not going to be coming, but the Boeing CEO is going to be attending.
This is going to be a lean team of CEOs, but I think Trump is signaling that he wants more Chinese ag and aviation purchases coming out of this summit or in a future summit.
And then Greer is coming along with Besant from the USTR and Treasury Department, respectively.
And they, I think, will be pushing for more discussion about reducing the trade deficit.
Although I qualify that this isn't, I think, fascinating that you cited the 1970s.
The statistics is pretty startling.
The bilateral trade volume
This accounts for both exports and imports.
The bilateral trade volume in 2025 between the US and China saw the biggest drop since 1979.
That was the year in which the US and China officially declared formal diplomatic relations.
So, you know, this is coming at a time where, at least on the bilateral statistics front,