Biden and Xi speak for first time since November summit – US readout

US President Joe Biden spoke on the phone with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Tuesday. the two spoke for nearly two hours.

The readout from the White House is here:

• The two leaders held a candid and constructive discussion on a range of bilateral, regional, and global issues, including areas of cooperation and areas of difference.

Issues discussed (this from the US readout, China’s will have different emphasises) included:

• Taiwan, the need to maintain “peace and stability” across the Taiwan Strait
• China’s recent provocations in the South China Sea
• Beijing’s human rights abuses
• countering narcotics
• artificial intelligence
• climate change
• China’s support for Russia’s defense industry
• China’s trade tactics

This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.