The Economist asks:

When will the leaders of China, Japan, and South Korea next hold a trilateral meeting in person?

Started Apr 05, 2024 05:00PM UTC
Closed May 27, 2024 02:00AM UTC

While a trilateral meeting between Japan, South Korea, and the US is reportedly planned for July 2024, efforts are reportedly still underway to restart once-regular trilateral meetings between the leaders of China, Japan, and South Korea, though December 2023 came and went despite South Korea having reportedly proposed a meeting for that month (Economist, Global Times, US News & World Report, Deutsche Welle). The location of the meeting is immaterial, so long as all three leaders are in the same room. A meeting held in concert with another event (e.g., G20 summit, state visit) would count so long as a meeting is held with the three leaders among themselves and their own respective entourages. For the purposes of this question, the leaders of Japan and South Korea are the prime minister and president, respectively, and a meeting without either leader would not count. As of the launch of this question, Li Qiang was the incumbent Premier of China, and Xi Jinping was the incumbent President of China. A meeting without either China's premier or president would not count, and a meeting with both China's premier and president would close "and the President of China will represent China."

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The question closed "Before 1 July 2024, and the Premier of China will represent China" with a closing date of 26 May 2024.

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Possible Answer Correct? Final Crowd Forecast
Before 1 July 2024, and the Premier of China will represent China 75%
Before 1 July 2024, and the President of China will represent China 2%
Between 1 July 2024 and 30 September 2024, and the Premier of China will represent China 4%
Between 1 July 2024 and 30 September 2024, and the President of China will represent China 2%
No meeting will take place before 1 October 2024 17%

Crowd Forecast Profile

Participation Level
Number of Forecasters 79
Average for questions in their first 6 months: 171
Number of Forecasts 314
Average for questions in their first 6 months: 444
Accuracy
Participants in this question vs. all forecasters better than average

Most Accurate

Relative Brier Score

1.
-0.718614
2.
-0.718112
4.
-0.665429
5.
-0.649984

Recent Consensus, Probability Over Time

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