Analysts suggest that while trade deals could stabilize ties, Chinese and US leaders should focus on broader issues. Recommended topics for the summit include climate change, technology decoupling, and healthcare.

The coming summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump offers a window to stabilise bilateral ties through trade deals, but former diplomats and business figures have urged the leaders to move beyond commerce during their talks. At a forum held by the Centre for China and Globalisation (CCG) in Beijing on Sunday, analysts and former officials called on the leaders to address issues such as healthcare, climate change, technological decoupling and AI...