President Joe Biden told Chinese President Xi Jinping in a closed-door meeting on Saturday that the Republic of China's unfair pressure on trade policy.
The outgoing Biden, 81, emphasized how federal authorities will take necessary steps to prevent the 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 with Xi at the Chinese leader's hotel for the third and final time in his presidential term, toward the end of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in South America.
The private discussion came after Biden made a blunder in his public comments about Xi, referring to the bilateral relationship as an “alliance,” which he quickly corrected.
“We are the most important alliance, or the most important relationship in the entire world, and how we get along can impact the rest of the world,” Biden said, according to multiple news outlets. There is a gender,” he said.
“Therefore, our two countries cannot allow this competition to lead to conflict. I think that is our responsibility and I think over the last four years we have proven that it is possible to build this relationship. Masu.”
According to multiple media outlets, President Xi appears to be concerned about the possibility of a rift in relations between China and the United States if the next Republican president regains control of the White House.
“China is ready to work with the new U.S. administration to maintain communication, expand cooperation, manage differences, and strive for a steady transition in Sino-U.S. relations for the benefit of the two peoples,” Xi said through an interpreter. “There is,” he said.
President Trump, 78, has threatened to restart a tariff-driven trade war with China that was waged during his first term in an attempt to broker new economic deals that benefited American businesses.
He is currently calling for a universal tariff of 10% to 20% on all imports into the United States from all countries and an additional 60% tariff on all imports from China.
President Trump has also called for a global reparations conference on COVID-19, which would issue hundreds of thousands of victims for the Chinese government's role in the origins of the pandemic that has killed more than 1 million Americans. Trillion dollar compensation could be paid.
President Trump also suggested last year that he would force China to pay $50 trillion in “reparations” for the virus, which some in the U.S. government, including the FBI, believe was caused by a leak at a Wuhan lab. There is.
The White House said Biden and Xi discussed a range of controversial issues behind closed doors, including the economy, cybersecurity, Taiwan and Ukraine, with Biden saying that North Korea has sent thousands of people to Russia. denounced the dispatch of troops.
The two leaders also agreed to assess the risks of artificial intelligence, maintain human control over decisions to use nuclear weapons, maintain open lines of communication, and reduce China's fentanyl production.
An estimated 223,000 Americans died. Mainly from drugs sourced from China During Biden's first three years in office, Republicans criticized him for not acting sooner to stem the tide.
Mr. Biden and Mr. Xi started their day at the 21-nation summit in Lima, Peru, as part of the summit's rituals in which world leaders pose for photos in the traditional costumes of the host countries. Dignitaries wore brown scarves.
Biden was relegated to the back corner of the conference's customary family photo as Xi Jinping enjoyed front-and-center status, second only to Peruvian President Dina Bolarte.
The outgoing president, who leaves office on January 20, is scheduled to arrive in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday to attend the annual Group of 20 summit of leaders of the world's most economically successful countries.
