President Joe Biden pressed Chinese President Xi Jinping over the Republic of China’s unfair trade policies during a private meeting on Saturday, after President-elect Donald Trump made closing down the country’s trade practices a key part of his victory platform.
Outgoing Biden, 81, stressed how federal officials will take necessary action to prevent any use of advanced technology that undermines the national security of the United States or its allies. The White House said in a statement.
Biden met Xi At the Chinese leader’s hotel for the third and final time of his presidency at the end of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in South America.
The private discussion came as Biden made a major reversal of his public comments toward Xi, calling relations between the two countries an “alliance” before quickly correcting himself.
According to multiple outlets, Biden said, “We are the most important alliance — or the most important relationship — in the entire world, and how we get along together can have an impact on the rest of the world.”
“And so both our countries cannot let this competition turn into conflict. That’s our responsibility and over the last four years I think we’ve proven that this relationship is possible.”
According to multiple outlets, Xi expressed concern that the Republican president-elect could create divisions in China’s relations with the United States if he takes back control of the White House.
“China is willing to work with the new US administration to maintain communication, expand cooperation and manage differences so as to achieve stable China-US relations for the benefit of both peoples,” Xi said through an interpreter. Efforts can be made to bring about change.”
Trump, 78, has threatened to renew his Tariff-driven trade war with ChinaWhich was done during his first term, in an effort to create a new economic agreement that would benefit American companies.
He is now demanding a universal tariff of 10% to 20% on all imports from all countries into the United States and an additional tariff of 60% on all imports from China.
Trump has also called for a global reparations conference on COVID-19 in which the Chinese government could be billed trillions for its role in originating the pandemic that has killed more than 1 million Americans.
Trump also last year pressured China to pay $50 trillion in “reparations” for the virus, which parts of the US government, including the FBI, believe originated from a laboratory in Wuhan. It was caused by a leak in the laboratory.
Behind closed doors, Biden and Xi discussed a range of contentious issues, including the economy, cybersecurity, Taiwan and Ukraine, according to the White House, for which Biden condemned North Korea for deploying thousands of military troops to Russia.
The two leaders also agreed to assess the risks of artificial intelligence, maintain human control over the decision to use nuclear weapons, preserve an open line of communication, and reduce China’s fentanyl production.
An estimated 223,000 Americans died Mostly from medicine obtained from China in Biden’s first three years in office and Republicans have criticized him for not doing more sooner to stem the flow.
Biden and Xi began their day at the 21-nation summit in Lima, Peru, where dignitaries donned brown scarves as part of the summit ritual, with world leaders posing in the host country’s traditional attire for a photo op. Wear clothes.
Biden was pushed to the back corner Xi sat front and center next to Peruvian President Dina Bolwart in the summit’s annual family photo.
The retired President, who will leave office on January 20, expected to come In Rio de Janeiro on Sunday for the annual G-20 summit of leaders of the world’s most economically successful countries.
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