A distinguished roundtable discusses Trump’s China trip Editor’s note: China Daily asked leaders and China hands what they expected from the US president’s first visit to China.

Maurice R. Greenberg

chairman and CEO of C.V. Starr & Co. Inc.

“I do not have high expectations for the upcoming summit. I guess my hope is that the summit will help consolidate the status quo in terms of bilateral relations and regional security issues (especially those involving North Korea), but I worry about these matters more than I have in the past.

“We need Trump to basically tell China that we are open for business. Of course we would like China to be a bit more open for business. The Chinese like to adopt technologies and they are really fast. Americans need to sell to China as well as keep control their intellectual property in China, which is always a challenge, a battle. ”

“The economic ties between people of Washington State and China are very important. So certainly I hope our president when he is visiting China, keeps that in mind and that it is very important for both of us to benefit to trade. I think he understands that and I am sure the people in China understand this as well. We just hope that we would continue to ship Washington State apples to William Cohen, China and enjoy those economic ties.”

“I’m very optimistic that both leaders will engage in discussion that could open up opportunities for Chinese companies to do more food business in the US. From our perspective as a company that both exports from Kentucky and manufactures in China, we like to do more business as well. I think sometimes when you read the press you are not clear how deep and how effective the relationship is. It seems there are more conflicts than there really are.”

“What Trump’s policy agenda will be is not quite clear, but he is probably going to push China in terms of market access, so US tech companies are going to push back, and on the military issue, Trump might want to make a deal on North Korea problems.”

“I think China should show the US that China is not challenging the US, but wants to improve cooperation between the two countries and build win-win relationships that benefit both nations and the world. I think the US will pay more attention to the economy during the visit because they invited many leaders of oil companies to join them in the visit. And the most important thing is to build trust between the two nations during

this visit.”

“With regard to President Trump’s visiting China, we are very hopeful that they will have much progress ... This is something that is very important for the US and China. There are areas perhaps President Xi and President Trump can share some ideas, especially the US’ participation in the One Belt and One Road program, that’s a very major part of the future economy of the whole world. We’re looking forward to some progress in that area too.”

“The only way to do that (build trust between the people in the US and people in China) is to get a deeper insight and a deeper understanding of what’s going on in China today…. And talk about President Trump and President Xi, you know they are heads of the state that represent what the people want, so I think that’s all start on a human level, a people-to-people level.”

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“Donald Trump respects Xi Jinping enormously, he will listen to Xi’s advice. And that advice from Xi Jinping will definitely influence the attitude of the entire whole US towards China, which will be very positive.”

“I wish President Trump a successful visit Andrew Wedeman to China. I hope it will further facilitate the cultural and educational exchange between China and the US.”

“President Trump’s visit to China is very important to China-US relations and the world. Overseas Chinese in Iowa hope leaders of China and the US reach agreements in cooperations between China and the US, world peace and economic developments that benefit both nations.”

former US secretary of defense director of the China Studies Initiative at Georgia State University and fellow with the Wilson Center for International Scholars