i spoke to bates gill, senior fellow at the national bureau of asian research, who laid out his expectations summit. obviously it is very important gathering of these three important east asian countries. the first time they have met in a number of years. the summit itself is important just for symbolism and effort on the part of these three countries who had serious differences among them to sit down and meet. my expectations are relatively low. i think it is more symbolism and rhetoric than any actual breakthroughs on serious differences that continue to divide the countries, particularly between china and us allies, south korea and japan on the other. to get your thoughts on trade which is an area that could be mutual benefits for all three parties involved. what are the priorities? that is where the three countries have the greatest self—interest for continuing cooperation and they represent a significant proportion of global gdp and global trade. but that will not change, particularly. there are critical issues, for example on export controls and limitations that south korea and japan h

let's bring in bates gill, senior fellow at the national bureau of asian research. sly, it's an important gathering of these three important east asian countries. first time they met in a number of years. i think the summit itself is importantjust for itself is importantjust for its symbolism and effort on its countries that have serious differences among each other. to sit down and meet expectations are relatively low. i think it's good to be more symbolism and rhetoric than any actual breakthroughs on some of the serious differences that continue to divide the country, particularly between china and us allies, south korea and japan on the other. just us allies, south korea and japan on the other.- us allies, south korea and japan on the other. just to get our japan on the other. just to get your thoughts _ japan on the other. just to get your thoughts on _ japan on the other. just to get your thoughts on trade. - trade is an area of mutual benefit for all. what are the priorities on this front? clearly that is where the three countries have the greatest self—intere