Obama-Xi Summit: Small Steps Forward on Key Issues

The US-China Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT), pledges to treat technology products in a non-discriminatory manner, and cooperation on climate change initiatives topped the outcomes resulting from President Obama and President Xi’s bilateral summit meeting this weekend in Hangzhou.The meeting, which was potentially their final summit and the eighth time the two have met, highlighted that despite challenges in the bilateral relationship, progress is being made on some key issues.