economic cooperation summit in san francisco. in their first face to face talks in more than a year, they are expected to discuss the ongoing trade row between the two countries, as well as washington s measures to restrict beijing s acess to advanced computer chips. the meeting comes as china s once roaring economy struggles to recover from the the impact of the pandemic. earlier i spoke to the executive director of the asian trade centre in singapore, deborah elms. she told me this conversation is an important first step. well, i think the most important part is that they ve had a meeting. i mean, that sounds pretty modest, but after a lot of disruption that through the trump years and through the trump years and through the trump years and through the pandemic and through the pandemic and through the pandemic and through the post pandemic period, just having a conversation between the two leaders is critical to helping stabilise this rocky relationship.- stabilise this ro