Feb. 24-March 2

What’s Next?

The Future of Tech, and Huawei

Techies love a good gathering. MWC Barcelona, formerly the Mobile World Congress, runs Monday through Thursday, and tech leaders will be presenting their visions for the future of the industry. Sure to be a topic of discussion is the role of the Chinese telecommunications equipment maker Huawei in the construction of the next generation of the world’s wireless networks. The company just announced that it was expanding in Canada, and Britain indicated last week that it will probably use the company’s equipment as it builds its new networks, even as the United States warns that the Chinese government is using the company for spying.

About Those Trade Talks

American and Chinese trade negotiators seemed to be making some progress on a deal and have extended their talks into the weekend. But President Trump suggested that a final trade agreement wouldn’t be reached until he met with China’s president, Xi Jinping, next month. The White House had previously said it would raise tariffs to 25 percent from 10 percent on $200 billion in Chinese goods after Friday if a deal was not reached, and the two sides have been racing toward that deadline. That said, the trade war has been unpredictable from the start, so who knows?

The Best! Summit! Ever! (Again!)

Ready for Round 2? Mr. Trump and the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, are set to meet again on Wednesday and Thursday in Hanoi, Vietnam, as the United States continues its efforts to make North Korea give up its nuclear program. One other possible topic: an official end to the nearly seven-decade Korean War. Mr. Kim will also spend time visiting Vietnamese manufacturing and tourist sites while he’s there. Both American and South Korean officials hope the North Korean leader will see communist Vietnam as a model for integration with the rest of the global economy. In the years since the United States pulled out of the country, Vietnam has developed closer relations and stronger economic ties to the West, and is one of the fastest-growing economies in Asia.