And red carpet treatment, today is when the two leaders hold face to face talks on north korea and trade. President trump has threatened action over chinas wide trade surplus with the United States, and called on beijing to do more to reign in its ally and neighbour north korea. Our correspondent, steve mcdonnell, is in beijing. Steve, what chance of movement on any of this . Well, that is a good question. If we unpack those issues one at a time, for example, on trade. Donald trump and xijinping have a difference of opinion on the way trade should he played out between vote countries, should be played out between their countries, especially in terms of what access china should have to the us market. I dont know if we will get a big announcement that changes the way the two countries to trade with one another, but we are expecting a whole series of specific deals. So thatis, whole series of specific deals. So that is, chinese and american companies, deals which will possibly also be sig
Sackur. Germany is yours rhian and power, but how will early in use that power over the next few years . Europes. The make up of the next governing coalition has yet to be decided and there are strategic uncertainties as well. How far does berlin will to push eu integration, and how wide could transatlantic differences become . My guest is david mcallister, a political ally of ms merkel, and chairman of the european pa rliaments of ms merkel, and chairman of the European Parliaments foreign affa i rs European Parliaments Foreign Affairs committee. How bold is berlin prepared to be . David mcallister at the European Parliament in brussels, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Lets begin with the notion that the European Union has been wrestling with some ofan union has been wrestling with some of an existential crisis for the few yea rs. Of an existential crisis for the few years. Do you think the European Union has now emerged from that crisis, or is it still in the middle of it . Well, the
President trump and first lady melania to the great hall of the people in Tiananmen Square beijing. Our correspondent, Aleem Maqbool is travelling with President Trump hejoins us from beijing. You are on the full 5 nation tour. These are the two most powerful men in the world. What do we expect to come out of this . You said it. They each see themselves, actually, as the most powerful man in the world of that is what we are getting a meeting of these two alpha male characters, who each see themselves in that position. It has been fascinating to watch Donald Trumps journey when it comes to china. He has spoken right through his Election Campaign and his time in office about china being the big foreign currency policy issue to deal with. He feels america has been losing to china for many decades. Now he is in this position, what will he do . He has never been clear about that. What he is not interested in is what former president s have done, bringing American Values and democracy here.
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President trump, whos on his first state visit to china, has watched a military honour guard in the heart of beijing after he was greeted by the chinese leader, xijinping. The two are now holding talks at the great hall of the people. Our correspondent, Aleem Maqbool is in beijing too, travelling with President Trump. The president will be very keen to come away from beijing with some progress, surely, on north korea and trade. What chance of either of those . Well, he will claim lots of progress on both regards, i am sure, but if it is about coming array with something intangible and then he may well struggle. It has been interesting but four months through the Election Campaign and his administration he spoke about how tough it would be with china. We heard his first remarks in our. He was sitting opposite the president of china at the beginning of the bilateral talks and his opening comments were rather fawning. Bilateral talks and his opening comments were ratherfawning. He bilater