At a time of ever-escalating threats and counter-threats, the imperative of compromise cannot be understated. The upcoming meeting between Trump and Xi provides an opportunity to reframe the conflict as a strategic challenge for the world’s two leading economies.

What are the chances China and the U.S. can resolve their issues at Buenos Aires?

Enterprising Chinese companies will find a way to circumvent these investment restrictions.

As global warming increases, China is increasingly looking to the Arctic. Other countries have reason to be wary.

Why are bilateral statistics moving the wrong way?

In the past two years, the Trump administration has started trade wars against China, its major trade partners, and security allies. In the absence of united opposition by advanced and emerging economies, the next target will be the World Trade Organization.

At the Bloomberg New Economy Forum this week in Singapore, Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan and former U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson made headline-grabbing statements on the China-U.S. relationship. The forum, organized by Bloomberg Media Group and in its first year, is intended as a platform for "leaders of the new global economy to solve the world's biggest challenges through coalition building" — naturally, tensions between China and the U.S. proved a focus of conversations about the world economy.

The inaugural International Import Expo is viewed as an opportunity to promote policies that could reduce China’s trade surplus, but this is not guaranteed.

Xi and Trump’s positions remain so far apart that the prospects of a breakthrough are dim.

Should U.S.-China trade tensions continue, and Japan and the PRC put effort into improving ties, American economic competitiveness with Japan for the China market could be harmed.