With President Trump scheduled to meet President Xi Jinping and other China leaders Wednesday  in Beijing, it is hard to know how much their discussions will focus on U.S.-China trade and economic policies. U.S. concerns about North Korea’s nuclear weapons program and China’s military expansion in the South China Sea could dominate.

Whatever the outcome, modern ties between the world’s two largest economies are crucial for the global economy — and often misunderstood. Here is what top experts and analysts are saying about China’s beliefs about trade and economic policy today, and what’s at stake for the U.S. and the world.