As Trump meets with Xi, security expert says China now faces the U.S. as a peer

DAVE DAVIES, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I'm Dave Davies. Day 1 of the summit in Beijing between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping yielded no substantive agreements, but statements from the two sides following their first meeting reflected differing priorities. While the U.S. side emphasized hope for productive trading relationships between the countries, the Chinese statement warned that if the issue of Taiwan was not handled properly, it could put the U.S.-China relationship …