bbc news, beijing. drew thompson, a fellow at the lee kuan yew school of public policy in singapore, gave his assessment on the range of topics discussed between us and china in this visit. well, the fact that they are having multiple days of conversation gives you an indication that the number of topics on the agenda is probably quite large. it s quite broad, probably addressing everything from china s issues that they want on the agenda as well as us issues. i think, certainly, taiwan is front and centre on the agenda, something that china now calls the core of their core interest, but of course china is also very interested in getting the us to reconsider some of its economic policies that discriminate against china, some of the export control regimes, the tariffs that have been placed on chinese goods since the trump administration, and of course the us side has its concerns about how it ensures its supply chain
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