Chinese President Xi Jinping will host Russia's Vladimir Putin, U.N. chief Antonio Guterres and more than 20 heads of government later this month, Beijing said on Friday, for a political and security meet aimed at cementing China's regional influence.

China used an event marking the final stretch before its biggest diplomatic huddle of the year to accuse the US of “threatening world peace,” in a thinly veiled critique of the rival superpower just before it hosts a key gathering of global leaders.

Wesley K. Clark & Associates chairman and CEO, Gen. Wesley Clark, and Raymond James managing director, Ed Mills, join Market Catalysts with Julie Hyman to discuss President Trump's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and what it could mean for trade discussions with China moving forward.