by Epoch Times Staff at The Epoch Times
Following a high-stakes meeting in San Francisco, President Joe Biden touted that the United States and China had “some of the most constructive and productive discussions” on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific leaders’ summit. Critics, however, point out that the summit achieved minimal progress on the key bilateral issues.
After hours of meeting with Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping at the secluded historic estate south of San Francisco, President Biden highlighted a few key outcomes: restoring high-level military dialogue, getting China’s commitment to reduce fentanyl exports to the United States, and tackling the risks of artificial intelligence.
President Biden made it clear that the purpose of the meeting was to manage “competition responsibly so it doesn’t veer into conflict.”
However, the summit made little or no headway on the most important bilateral issues, including Taiwan, as well as China’s theft of intellectual property, economic coercion, and human rights violations.
The president’s off-the-cuff remark at the end of his news conference became the most headline-grabbing aspect of the meeting.
As he was exiting the news conference,…
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