At a press conference by President Joe Biden, which took place immediately after the meeting of American and Chinese leaders in the San Francisco suburb of Woodside, President Joe Biden noted that the interaction between the world’s two largest economies is important for the entire planet and affects all the most important global problems facing humanity: from climate change to the fight against drugs and the introduction of artificial intelligence.
Earlier on Wednesday, November 15, US President Joe Biden met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping for the first time in a year for talks. These meetings could help ease tensions between the two superpowers on many important issues, particularly military conflicts.
Biden will receive the Chinese leader at Filoli Estate, a country house with parks and gardens about 30 miles (48 kilometers) south of San Francisco, where the two leaders are attending an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. .
Earlier, opening the meeting, Biden said the United States and China must ensure that competition between them “does not escalate into conflict” and manage their relationship “responsibly.”
Xi Jinping called the US-China relationship “the most important bilateral relationship in the world” and said he and Biden “bear a serious responsibility of the two peoples to the world and history.”
Leaders will strive to reduce friction between countries. However, news of progress in this regard, as well as a resolution of the serious differences that divide them, may not be expected soon.
Expectations from officials on both sides of the Pacific were not optimistic, as Biden and Xi were to discuss Taiwan, the situation in the South China Sea, the war between Israel and Hamas, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the South China Sea. North. The Korean threat and human rights are areas where leaders have long been unable to agree.
