As Trump travelled to Beijing for the kind of bilateral dealmaking he prefers, two groups have continued their multilateral efforts
Each set of meetings has its own distinctive narratives on the turbulent state of global affairs – it may sound surprising, but some may not see the Xi-Trump summit as the most important.
Trump’s emphatically unilateral approach to political and economic diplomacy is clearly a priority at the heart of his “America first” agenda, and may make bilateral summits his negotiating template of choice. But this sits very uncomfortably with a Beijing hard-pressed to convince other trading partners it is a true champion of multilateral cooperation.
Source: News - South China Morning Post
