Uncertainty looms over US-China relationship, with Trump promising to levy 60 per cent tariffs on Chinese imports
Joe Biden and Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Lima, Peru. Photograph: LEAH MILLIS/POOL/AFP via Getty ImagesThe two leaders met on Saturday on the sidelines of the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation summit.
“China is ready to work with a new US administration to maintain communication, expand co-operation and manage differences so as to strive for a steady transition of the China-US relationship for the benefit of the two peoples,” Mr Xi said through an interpreter. Mr Biden and Mr Xi, with top aides surrounding them, gathered around a long rectangle of tables in an expansive conference room at Lima’s Defines Hotel and Conference Centre.
Saturday’s talks in Peru come just over two months before Mr Biden leaves office and makes way for Republican president-elect Mr Trump.
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