Joe Biden has met with Xi Jinping for the final time as US president, the place the Chinese language chief stated he’s “ready to work” with Donald Trump.
Talking on the Asia-Pacific Financial Cooperation discussion board in Lima, Peru, Mr Biden stated the US and China’s relationship ought to be about “competition, not conflict”.
“We haven’t always agreed, but our conversations have always been candid and always been frank,” he stated.
“We’ve never kidded one another. These conversations prevent miscalculations, and they ensure the competition between our two countries will not veer into conflict.
“We have been stage with each other. I believe that is very important.”
Their last-ever assembly comes as president-elect Donald Trump vows to introduce blanket 60% tariffs on US imports of Chinese language items as a part of a collection of “America First” commerce measures.
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However regardless of Mr Trump’s proposed measures, Mr Xi stated his nation’s objective “of a stable, healthy and sustainable China-US relationship remains unchanged”.
“Our commitment to mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and… cooperation as principles for handling China-US relations remains unchanged,” he added.
The Chinese language president then stated the nation is “ready to work with the new US administration to maintain communication, expand cooperation and manage differences, so as to strive for a steady transition”.
Neither Mr Xi nor Mr Biden responded to a query about whether or not there have been considerations about Mr Trump’s proposed tariffs.
The president-elect has additionally named a number of China hawks to his transition staff, comparable to Senator Marco Rubio as secretary of state and Consultant Mike Waltz as nationwide safety adviser.
Below Mr Biden, Washington has launched restrictions on US funding in Chinese language synthetic intelligence, quantum computing and semiconductors.
Former home speaker Nancy Pelosi additionally visited the island of Taiwan – which China views as a breakaway province – in April 2022.
Of their assembly presently final yr – which adopted a surge in tensions when an alleged Chinese language spy balloon was shot down over the US – each leaders stated direct communication between American and Chinese language army forces could be restored.
