Reuters: The issues on the table when Trump and Putin meet
MOSCOW/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will sit down in a room together in the Finnish capital on July 16 for their first summit meeting.
The U.S. president’s spontaneous approach to negotiations, and the inscrutable style of the Kremlin leader, make predicting the outcome of the summit with any accuracy close to impossible.
We do however, have a reasonable idea of the issues the two leaders and their aides will have mapped out before the meeting: the areas where they each want something from their counterpart, and the places they are willing to give ground.
Below are the issues likely to figure:
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Commentaries and Analysis On The Putin - Trump Meeting Later This Week
What's on Vladimir Putin's wish list for his meeting with Donald Trump? -- Matt Bevan, ABC News Online
Trump, Putin, and Crimea -- Steven Pifer, Brookings
How Trump Could Actually Make the Summit with Putin a Success -- Evelyn Farkas, Time
Soon Putin and Trump will meet in Helsinki — here's what they should do -- John Richard Cookson, The Hill
Trump and Putin face nuclear options at Helsinki summit -- Financial Times
The Perils of a Putin-Trump Summit -- Steven L. Hall, Cipher Brief
What will Trump and Putin agree on at the Helsinki summit? -- Joe Macaron, Al Jazeera