China ‘Critical’ to U.S. Success Due to Trade, We Want More Work with Them on Climate

In an interview with Bloomberg on Thursday, U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns said that the trade relationship between the two countries makes China “essential” to U.S. success and vice versa, and that “we want to stabilize the relationship.” ” he said. What this means in the coming months is that we will continue to work together on climate change. ” Burns also said we are avoiding risks with China and will compete with China on other issues.

Mr Burns said:[W]Our government has consistently said it does not want to separate these two economies. We are the world’s two largest economies, the United States and China. Considering our trade relationship, we are important to each other’s success. We are the foundation of the health of the global economy. So we’ve consistently said that’s not what we’re looking for. But we are risk averse. ”

In another part of the interview, [relevant remarks begin around 15:50] Mr Burns said:[W]What we need to do is continue the progress made from the San Francisco talks and keep the relationship stable. What this means in the coming months is that we will continue to work together on climate change. John Podesta is our new climate negotiator, helping us address food security and promoting American agriculture here. One-fifth of U.S. agricultural exports go to China. And we’re also competing with China on issues like technology, the TikTok issue, the security and military issues we’ve been talking about, and leveling the playing field for American companies here, because it’s about intellectual property theft and technology. This is because it is not equivalent to coercion. forward. ”