(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump has trade at the top of his Group of 20 agenda, yet key issues including Iran, North Korea and next year’s presidential election will vie for his attention and create opportunities for summit pitfalls.In addition to a meeting with his Chinese counterpart that will
1 / 2 be the centerpiece of his trip to Japan this week, Trump will also meet with the leaders of Russia and Turkey -- two men who have outmaneuvered him in the past. The summit will unfold on Friday and Saturday as tensions between the U.S. and Iran continue to escalate.Before returning to Washington, Trump will visit South Korea, a trip marked by intrigue over whether he’ll visit the Demilitarized Zone marking the border with North Korea.
Together, the events present a series of opportunities for Trump to advance American priorities and perhaps his own re-election interests. But they also carry risk, as Trump has demonstrated he’s just as likely to wind up with little to show for his effort but damaged international relations and embarrassing missteps.
Putin and Trump are expected to focus on regional security, arms control and improving relations between the two countries, a U.S. official said. The two leaders are expected to discuss Iran and Syria. But Trump’s highest profile meeting will focus on a growing trade dispute with China. He likely to talk to China’s Xi Jinping on Saturday, the final day of the two-day summit, according to a U.S. official. They may agree to reopen trade talks, though no deal is expected from the summit, according to a senior administration official.
The U.S. aggravated the trade dispute by targeting a Chinese telecommunications company, Huawei Technologies Co., and now China is examining a similar move against a U.S. shipping company, FedEx Corp. The U.S. blacklisted Huawei, saying it poses a national security threat. China is considering adding Memphis-based FedEx to a blacklist of firms that the government says damage the interests of domestic companies, people familiar with the matter said.
Trump’s travel also overlaps with the first set of Democratic presidential debates back in the U.S. The event, featuring 20 of the Democratic hopefuls over two nights, is likely to be heavy on criticism of the president and threatens to take away the spotlight from his activities, unless he can use the G-20 stage – and Twitter – to wrest control of the story. The president has mused about the possibility he would live-tweet his debate impressions from abroad.
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