Rachel Abrams

Where are you right now?

Okay, so now that you're in Beijing, can you set the scene for us a little bit, David?

Like, what is the significance of this meeting between President Trump and Xi Jinping?

OK, so I understand that Donald Trump is walking into these meetings much weaker than in 2017.

But as for the meeting itself, what do we know, if anything, about what they're actually going to be discussing?

Well, can we dive into that a little bit more?

Like when you say low-hanging fruit trade business, what are we talking about exactly?

Why beans, beef, and Boeing?

Right.

The president doesn't need to fly halfway across the world to negotiate something that China was just going to buy anyway.

But, you know, one thing that I did not hear you discuss in your discussion of the three Bs, David, was a pretty big T that we've been talking about on the show a lot, and that is tariffs.

Where does that fit into all of this?

OK, so China is going to want to push to get these cars into the U.S.

Do we expect a deal from

So, David, talk to us about those fundamental divides that are both at the heart of the battle for dominance between these two countries and also potentially unlikely to come up in the meeting this week.

What are some of those issues, David?

Walk us through those.

And what specifically about Taiwan do you anticipate coming up in this meeting?

Wording changes like?

Right.