So I think we’ll be looking to make it a very constructive and results－based kind of a meeting. We’re looking to sort of level the playing field on trade， talk about global challenges， how we can work together， but， basically， how we can bring home results for the American people out of the U.S.－China relationship.
So I think with that， Mark will help us to moderate questions.
MODERATOR：Thanks very much. Please identify yourselves and your outlet. Please keep your questions to one part so we have opportunities. Let’s do Carter in the middle please， with the white shirt. Go ahead.
QUESTION：Thank you. My name’s Carter Rice. I’m with the Asahi Shimbun. Just very quickly， I wanted to know which State Department officials were planning on going on the trip， and if you had more insight into why Mar－a－Lago was chosen versus the White House for the venue. Thank you.
MS THORNTON：Yeah. So as for the exact manifests of planes heading down to Mar－a－Lago， I don’t have a lot of detail， but I’ll be going. The Secretary of State will be going. I’m assuming his chief of staff will be going， his policy advisor will be going， and a number of other State Department officials， of course， down there on the ground right now. We have our entire protocol team down there， our security teams are down there， and a number of other， of course， officials will be going down.
On the reason for the venue choice， I spoke about it a little bit already， and maybe Matt can amplify. But I would just point to sort of the importance of informal kinds of meetings and non－traditional venues and the role that those have played in the history of U.S.－China relations over time. A lot of our sort of relationship building has always been done at off－site type of venues， and I think we always want to have high－level engagement in the U.S.－China relationship. It’s a very important relationship， and it’s really broad and wide－ranging， and so we want to be able to establish that kind of good relationship.
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