The United States and China disagree over the format of a proposed trilateral meeting between US President Donald Trump, Chinese leader Xi Jinping, and Russian leader Vladimir Putin, RBC-Ukraine reports.
The disagreement threatens to derail the meeting, according to The Wall Street Journal.
According to sources, China wants any summit involving the leaders of the three countries to follow a strictly structured format, with a pre-written statement read aloud and minimal room for discussion.
The Trump administration, meanwhile, is pushing for a more free-flowing format that would allow the three leaders to exchange views more actively, rather than deliver prepared monologues on the sidelines of the APEC summit scheduled for November 18–19 in Shenzhen, China.
Disagreements between Beijing and Washington over the rules and agenda have cast doubt on whether the meeting will take place, despite the fact that the United States, China, and Russia initially expressed willingness to consider the idea.
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