From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

President Trump arrives in Beijing for a two-day summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping,

and with a long list of items on the negotiating table, from imports and exports to geopolitics

to leading-edge artificial intelligence.

But what's particularly worth keeping an eye on as this diplomatic meeting begins?

Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal.

We're joined today by my colleagues on the WSJ's opinion pages, Kate O'Dell, a member of the

editorial board, and Matt Contenetti,

a columnist for the journal's new free expression and newsletter.

President Trump landed in Beijing on Wednesday, descending from Air Force One at about 8 p.m.

Local time, he was greeted there by China's vice president, as well as a military honor guard,

and Trump accompanied by quite an entourage, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Treasury

Secretary Scott Bessent, and a delegation of business leaders, including Elon Musk, Tim Cook

of Apple, and Jensen Wong of Envidia.

Let's listen to a clip of President Trump explaining his focus for this meeting before leaving the White House on Tuesday.

I think more than anything else says we have massive relationships with China with the two superpowers.

We're the strongest nation on earth in terms of military.

China's considered second.

Who knows? I mean, who knows, but we are. There's

nobody even to come close. And you see that whether it's Venezuela or whether it's Iran.

Iran's military is decimated. I have a great relationship with President Xi, and I think

it's going to remain that way. We have a lot of things to discuss.

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