Upcoming Xi-Obama meeting carries global significance: Mexican expert

A much-anticipated meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama will serve to "gauge" the international agenda in the coming years, according to a Mexican scholar.

The meeting will provide the two leaders with an opportunity to discuss not only matters of interest to their two nations, but foreign policies that affect global peace and development, Renato Balderrama Santander, director of the Asian Studies Center at the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon (UANL), said in a recent interview with Xinhua.

Xi will pay a state visit to the United States from Sept. 22 to 25 at the invitation of Obama.

"It is the best time to continue to seek friendship and trust in real political and diplomatic terms," Balderrama said.

"In the field of business, China knows what Washington wants, and that is space and telecommunications technology, and that can be an attractive market," Balderrama said.

The United States wants to see more U.S. companies in China with special benefits, he said. "I think each one knows what the other wants, and in that, they can move forward."

The global environment and the needs of the world in the 21st century will provide the leaders with another area of potential collaboration, he said.

To be sure, the international community including Mexico will be closely following the event, according to Balderrama, to see how "the two great powers can spur cooperation through new political and economic" initiatives.

Source: Xinhua