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Both leaders are locked in stalled disputes with the united states. could their face to face be a strategy session to help each other gain leverage with president trump? sk cnn's paula hancocks is live for us. is that the working theory, paula? >> reporter: dave, this summit is certainly long overdue. it was about 15 months ago that kim jong-un invited xi jinping to pyongyang and he said yes. the fact that it's a week before the g20 is raising questions. is this a way of showing that china is pivotal to the north korean issue? now we have heard china say that the trade issue and dispute is sep...

Friend president trump or betray him? we might get some hints by friday or saturday. which way president xi is going to play this. our hope is, he'll be positive. in theory, the u.s. and china both agree, north korea should not have nuclear weapons, and they should move towards markets opening, liberalization. if it goes the other way, friday or saturday, then the chances are that the president trump and xi will not meet in osaka and they want to have the kind of dinner they did in bonus areas, the big state dinner for three hours back on december 1st. it led to these talks making some progres...

Mean, tpp was probably for that. he was definitely for nafta. all the democrats were pretty much pro-trade, at least at the top back in the '90s. to clintons, all of them were pro-nafta. hillary i don't think was pro-nafta. she turned against tpp eventually. sherrod brown is probably better fixed to represent this state as a senator. he's a very tough guy on trade, as we know. bobby casey in pennsylvania. the rust belt states, if you will, they're represented by democrats, debbie stabenow, who are very tough on the trade issue. they're more attuned than maybe biden. i bet biden switches on thi...

Sanders and by the way, the american people are close to sanders on those issues, on medicare for all, on minimum wage, on free college tuition, not just democratic voters. so, you know, what i would not do is, i hate this class war fare bridge. i think we have to think about people making more money, wages going up, the industrial midwest finding ways to get out of some of the -- i think president's unfortunate trade issue on farm issue. >> and if biden is to stay on top of the poll, people are excited to hear more detail. that is part of the problem, yes, you hear the polls and what they are...

Huawei in particular, is that a national security issue in your mind or a trade issue? >> it's both. they're involvement in telecommunications system represents national security issue for all of our allies as well as the united states. when you look at what china has done economically because of their economic industrial policies they've grossly massively increased capacity in the steel industry and put a lot of pressure, you know, on steel industries throughout the world. they're made in china 2025 initiative will target 10 of industries that way, they will also bankrupt those key 10 industr...