Obama's first stop was a formal bilateral session with the summit's host, Chinese President Xi Jinping. During that session, along with planned meetings with the leaders of Turkey and the Philippines, Obama is set to take a final stab at using face-to-face negotiating power to resolve simmering disputes. They said those divergences would be covered in Obama's talks with Xi, as they have for the past several years. His top global partner, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, is attending, as is Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Obama's newest foreign friend. Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, fresh from his meeting with Trump, also was scheduled to travel to Hangzhou for a slightly less scrutinized session with global leaders.

Source: CNN September 03, 2016 02:00 UTC