Joe Biden and Xi Jinping spoke by phone for nearly two hours, and discussed in part China’s treatment of US partners in the Pacific, including Australia.
| US President Joe Biden warned his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to further reduce unsafe military incidents in the Pacific, use its leverage to scale down confrontation in the Middle East and Ukraine, and curtail unfair trade policies.APEC in California in November
China’s President Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden walk in the gardens at the Filoli Estate in California in November.“President Biden also emphasised the importance of maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait,” Mr Kirby said.Advertisement The president’s concerns around destabilising PRC actions in the South China Sea, included the dangerous recent action of the PRC coast guard against routine Philippine maritime operations.
“These are exacerbating regional tensions, instability, and of course, impacting trade flows. China should have a very direct interest in trying to limit that fallout.”
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