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Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un prepare for their historic meeting, as the U.S. draws a firm line on what it will take for North Korea to receive sanctions relief. Here are some of the things people in markets are talking about.

Donald Trump plans to shake hands and have lunch with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, kicking off a historic summit on Tuesday between two adversaries that only last year seemed on the brink of nuclear war. The summit represents a major gamble for each leader, with the elevated risk and potential reward the U.S. president favors. The meeting will be monitored, and dissected, around the globe for a sense of whether one of the world’s greatest national security threats, Kim’s nuclear arsenal, can be defused.