Xi tells Biden China is 'ready to work' with Trump

Joe Biden has met with Xi Jinping for the past clip arsenic US president, wherever the Chinese person said helium is "ready to work" with Donald Trump.

Speaking astatine the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum successful Lima, Peru, Mr Biden said the US and China's narration should beryllium astir "competition, not conflict".

"We haven't ever agreed, but our conversations person ever been candid and ever been frank," helium said.

"We've ne'er kidded 1 another. These conversations forestall miscalculations, and they guarantee the contention betwixt our 2 countries volition not veer into conflict.

"We've been level with 1 another. I deliberation that's vital."

Their last-ever gathering comes arsenic president-elect Donald Trump vows to present blanket 60% tariffs connected US imports of Chinese goods arsenic portion of a bid of "America First" commercialized measures.

But contempt Mr Trump's projected measures, Mr Xi said his country's extremity "of a stable, steadfast and sustainable China-US narration remains unchanged".

"Our committedness to communal respect, peaceful coexistence and... practice arsenic principles for handling China-US relations remains unchanged," helium added.

The Chinese president past said the state is "ready to enactment with the caller US medication to support communication, grow practice and negociate differences, truthful arsenic to strive for a dependable transition".

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Neither Mr Xi nor Mr Biden responded to a question astir whether determination were concerns astir Mr Trump's projected tariffs.

The president-elect has besides named respective China hawks to his modulation team, specified arsenic Senator Marco Rubio arsenic caput of authorities and Representative Mike Waltz arsenic nationalist information adviser.

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Under Mr Biden, Washington has introduced restrictions connected US concern successful Chinese artificial intelligence, quantum computing and semiconductors.

Former location talker Nancy Pelosi besides visited the land of Taiwan - which China views arsenic a breakaway state - successful April 2022.

In their gathering astatine this clip past year - which followed a surge successful tensions erstwhile an alleged Chinese spy balloon was changeable down implicit the US - some leaders said nonstop connection betwixt American and Chinese subject forces would beryllium restored.