Im chain lee director and the senior fellow of the john l. China center at brookings. Its my pleasure to welcome you to this important event on chinas longterm Economic Outlook and its global implications. This event is unusual in present day washington for at least three reasons. First, as it has been widely perceived, people here have been preoccupied with Current Issues and the immediate challenges. As the year 2020 has barely begun, there are already several pressing geopolitical dilemmas on which our policymakers must focus. As we cross into the new decade, it will be important to look ahead toward chinas economic progress and the challenges it will present, both for china and for the world. Chinas Rapid Economic Development has arguably been and will continue to be the most consequential global story of the 21st century, and its ramifications ramifications surely go far beyond the economic domain. It is important to note that traditionally and perhaps even today, china tends to t
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Korea. They are testing new form of icbms. President xi not liking this chummy meeting that is going on right now at camp david. Well keep you posted as they come out moments away. Jim ratcliffe is here to tell us what he thinks of all of this and congressman Mike Gallagher, who is the chair of the select committee on china. What a great team we have to talk about this. Theyll be with us in just a moment. First to Jacqui Heinrich who is live on the ground at camp david as we await the president me moment now. Hi, jacqui. Hi, martha. Were waiting for the president to speak. Theyve been walking the grounds speaking informally. Were told a buildin time for that type of discussion outside of their trilateral meeting. This is a significant moment to have these three leaders appearing on a stage together. It was two years ago the deputy secretary of state for the u. S. , windy sherman, had to stand alone on a stage following a trilateral meeting to do a News Conference solo. The Japanese For
35year occupation of the peninsula. The United States has long tried to strengthen the relationship to create a more formidable bond across asia. But it hasnt quite worked until now. Whats changed . And will todays summit lead to something in writing, a joint agreement between all three nations . What would that mean for china . Joining me now is nbc news senior White House Correspondent kelly odonnell, who is at camp david, you saw her there with the president and the the director of the meeting. How did President Biden get these two leaders to come and stand side by side at camp david today . Reporter part of it has been one of the themes of the biden presidency, where hes wanted to strengthen this relationship in part because of the rise of China Economically and militarily weve seen, and of course the ongoing threats from north korea. So as you pointed out, the u. S. Has strong independent relationships with these two nations despite generations of being at war with each of them. W
Any minute now, joe biden is set to speak alongside the leaders of japan and south korea. The president using camp david to help deepen ties between these two key allies, especially amid increasing provocative actions by china and north korea. Well bring you his remarks live. Plus, the atf now on the ground, joining the investigation in hawaii into what caused the fires on maui. More than 1,000 people are still missing. Crews have not even searched half of the burn zone. Lawyers for donald trump are pushing to delay his federal trial for more than two years. Well show you their legal arguments, why they are arguing to push it back, and whether the judge in the case will buy their reasoning. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. At any moment, were expecting to hear from joe biden and the leaders of japan and south korea. Youre looking at a live picture right now of camp david. Today, they are making history, the firste