niceties and kicking the can down the road.

That's how analysts are describing last week's Beijing summit between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

While the 2 leaders reach some agreement on trade deals, questions still loom large over Taiwanese independence and which country will emerge as the dominant world power for decades to come.

Joining us to break down the summit is Raymond quote, vice-president of research for geo strategy in diplomacy at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs Rain.

And thank you for joining us.

Thank you for having me.

break down the goals that each country had for this summit.

Please China want.

One of us want.

Sure.

So on both sides are looking for some kind of economic engagement.

>> The Chinese are facing a long term economic malaise and really they're trying to grow their way out of using exports.

Of course, in order to do that, you access the U.S.

the tariffs that we post on him.

I think the highest last year was 145% somewhere around there meant that they really can access the market on the U.S.

aside.

We're obviously dealing with a host of economic issues right here, including oil prices because of the Iran And so find ways to get cheaper goods.

You know, there's that there's hopefully opportunity for a meeting of the minds where we can de-escalate from Air Force are going on and get back to doing business as usual.

Which country would you say accomplished more of its goals?

Probably China.

Unfortunately.

I the Chinese start with United States.

Usually we coordinate these gauges here, interagency process where the State Department takes lead and then we'll get Commerce Department, Treasury Dot all on board saying these are our priorities and you X Y and Z order.

That really didn't happen.

in advance the summit, we didn't have the mid-level bureaucrats going out there and kind hacking with the easy low hanging fruit.

So and said it was kind of a, you know, kind a free for all.

Everyone went over there all once.

Everyone's trying to advocate for their key positions, whereas on the Chinese side, they did all that homework.

They had a clear sense of parties, knew what they want to ask for and really also set the agenda by saying, I was going to be a top priority.

>> All right.

Let's talk about Taiwan because, of course, that is a big we knew.

That was a big point of discussion.

Remind us of the geopolitical significance that Taiwan holds for the U.S.

sure.

So time was part of what we call the first island chain.

This close from Japan, Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, all the way down.

It's really kind of the barrier that keeps China contained within its own region.

Taiwan is a critical linchpin to general MacArthur called it a unsinkable aircraft carrier and submarine tender.

And so it's a critical strategic strategic note.

Also, there's economics about 90% of the most advanced semiconductors in the world are made in town itself.

And so if you were to see if the Chinese were, for example, to capture Taiwan, they would have not only a strong, just such a strategic stronghold, but also possession of a really important critical commodity in global supply chains.

Where did the 2 countries lands on Taiwanese independence?

how did that like?

Have that conversation go.

Yeah.

So I mean.

The summit itself didn't seem to address that.

There wasn't like there was a readout or a public statement.

But Trump's interview with I think rep there on FOX News after this.

That's really where a lot of this came out and then fortunate at least in my view, Trump's parrot in quite a lot of the Chinese government's the talking points saying that, look, it's really the town knees are causing problems and they're in the strait, even though the Chinese have launched multiple military operation, soft blockades, you name And you know, I think perhaps the worst thing in my mind that Trump reiterated his belief that China time it's stolen, the U.S.

chip industry just not true at all.

But that this was almost kind of retribution for saying like we want to you should give it back to us and maybe will consider defending.

You are supporting you.

>> What does that tell you?

Is that does that signal sort of a shift in U.S.

policy around Taiwan?

If the president is saying this?

Well, both Trump and secretary of state Rubio, specially Rubio mentioned a couple times that U.S.

policy and how it has changed.

Maybe I mean, you technically that might be true.

But we really have to see what happens when with the with what Trump decides to do with the move, arms sales package.

>> With this 6 assurances, one, some of these insurance, we get to China as well as Taiwan.

We said that we would not pretty clear negotiate with the Chinese over arms sales to Taiwan.

It seems like that may have actually occurred during this meeting or that at the very least the Chinese have given that the Trump administration a talking point to say maybe we should hold sales.

>> Leading up to the summit.

Experts expected the 2 leaders to discuss a ion and access to advanced AI technologies, but readout from both countries.

Countries did not highlight AI as a central topic.

missed an opportunity here.

>> I don't know.

I mean, I think there was an announcement that the U.S.

allowed 10 Chinese companies to purchase Nvidia's.

Second most advanced chip.

Now no Chinese AI models tend to work on the fission Cs Post rock computing power.

But even so getting access.

So its ships will be a huge boon for those particularly Chinese companies.

The fact that Jensen I think I've really flew from California or somewhere met up with Air Force One, Alaska.

You it strikes me that this an opportune moment for him.

But 2, it also means that wasn't really coordinate in advance.

going back to that question about the interagency process and the kind of advance work if you're going to have a CEO of a company show up last-minute trip, that means you haven't prepared the conversation with their counterparts in China.

>> The 2 countries have also been a little bit tight-lipped about any conversation around Iran.

What do we know about what came out of those conversations about LeBron?

So as far as I can tell, there was Chinese verbal support saying, yes, we want to have Strait of Hormuz reopen.

We want to have peace in the Middle East, but at the same time, you generally speaking, I think the Chinese view this as well.

you broke it.

You bought it.

You have to fix this in fact, you know, when I think about other countries in the region, for example, of the Thai foreign minister was, I believe DC a couple weeks back.

He said, look, the U.S.

has offered us any support with the economic fallout of this.

By contrast, the Chinese and the Russians have come to us and said if you need support, we are willing to help and just kind of.

Shifts of public opinion and government opinion in the region towards China and away from United States.

Reports of also noted that Trump has been a few says in his praise of President Xi while the Chinese leader did not seem to return that level of admiration and we know that it is something that President Trump appreciates.

>> some have argued that that, you know, that that contrasts reflects a power imbalance, suggesting that Trump was seeking.

She's approval.

Anything to that.

It was written into I you know, I don't like to do the armchair psychology eyes.

I'm personally not a trained in psychology.

>> But I think there was a notable kind of point there.

Yeah, I think to some extent.

rough droughts are Trump seems have backed a little bit off the cuff, right where Xi Jinping was much more disciplined about saying, you know, a B and C priorities that could just be a reflection of that were and the lack the relative lack of preparation, the U.S.

side meant that Trump was kind of kind filling the void with more happy talk.

For example, whereas, you know, she's and he's like, nope, we've got a B and C issues will talk about.

Let's go down the list.

And here is we're gonna kind of give you our positions and we for your and sticking to the business, which is also I mean, a reflection of the 2 men's differences of style, right?

We know the president likes to talk off the cuff >> and say what he thinks that's rather than sticking to the agenda sometimes or the teleprompter.

Exactly.

Okay.

So despite the summit yielding some, you know, few concrete outcomes.

Both countries have treat the meeting itself as a success.

Officials on both sides arguing that the talks helped reinforce stability in the relationship.

Just yesterday, the White House in Beijing announced that President Xi will make a reciprocal visit to Washington in September as summit Mark a step towards, you know, a more stable U.S.

China relationship.

What is all the signal?

Well, I mean, think it's not only the meeting of September think there are also some meet twice more this year.

So there's multiple opportunities for both President Trump and Xi Jinping to meet with each other.

>> I am hesitant to say this will last week along comes ability.

One issue is kind of a credibility deficit we have here in midst the U.S.

aside when Trump, for example, talks about our trade deals with Canada, Mexico being the worst he's ever seen.

Those are negotiate under his first term.

And so if you're going to stab your own kind of trade going to the back, how much can the Chinese trust will