China’s Xi vows to work with Trump during meeting with Biden

Chinese President Xi Jinping told President Biden connected Saturday that helium volition enactment with the incoming medication of President-elect Trump, arsenic the 2 existent leaders spoke connected the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum successful Lima, Peru.

The gathering betwixt Biden and Xi marked the archetypal clip successful 7 months the 2 had spoken, Reuters reported, and whitethorn beryllium the past clip the 2 conscionable connected conflicts from cybercrime to trade, Taiwan, the South China Sea and Russia earlier Trump returns to the Oval Office successful January 2025.

Xi told Biden, "China’s extremity of a stable, steadfast and sustainable China-U.S. narration remains unchanged," acknowledging the "ups and downs" betwixt the 2 countries.

"China is acceptable to enactment with the new U.S. administration to support communication, grow practice and negociate differences," Xi said.

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President Biden shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping earlier a bilateral meeting, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, successful Lima, Peru. (Leah Millis/Pool Photo via AP)

Biden told Xi that maintaining leader-to-leader talks volition beryllium captious aft Biden leaves office, according to nationalist information advisor Jake Sullivan, who was seen sitting adjacent to Biden during the meeting.

He besides acknowledged to the Chinese person that portion the 2 of them whitethorn not person ever agreed, their discussions person been "frank" and "candid."

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President Biden meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, successful Lima. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

China and different members of the G-20 volition apt brace for a reboot of Trump’s "America First" policy, placing a dense accent connected higher tariffs. Trump famously launched a commercialized warfare with China successful his archetypal word successful 2018, raising tariffs up to 25% connected steel, aluminum and different Chinese-made products. China responded with reciprocal tariffs against the U.S. Trump promised to rise tariffs up to 60% connected Chinese imports portion moving for president, though it’s unclear if helium would really spell that high.

Biden has aimed to lessen tensions with China, but during his gathering with Xi connected Saturday, determination appeared to beryllium fewer signs of breakthroughs connected the large issues.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping told Biden, "China’s extremity of a stable, steadfast and sustainable China-U.S. narration remains unchanged," (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Still, the 2 agreed that humans, not artificial intelligence, should marque the eventual decisions erstwhile it comes to the usage of atomic weapons, the White House noted, marking the archetypal clip the 2 countries person raised the issue.

Biden and Xi besides talked astir China’s ally, North Korea, which is deepening ties with Russia and adjacent deployed troops successful Moscow’s warfare with Ukraine. The determination has raised concerns not conscionable with Washington, but besides with European capitals and Beijing.

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"President Biden pointed retired that the (People's Republic of China's) publically stated presumption with respect to the warfare successful Ukraine is determination should beryllium nary escalation, nary broadening the conflict, and the instauration of (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) troops runs foursquare against that," Sullivan said. "He besides pointed retired that the PRC does person power and capacity, and should usage it to effort to forestall a further escalation oregon further enlargement of the struggle with the instauration of adjacent much DPRK forces."

Reuters contributed to this report.