Cybersecurity
U.S. and China to Seek Patch of Common Ground as Talks Begin
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The U.S. and China will have no trouble filling the agenda as they meet this week for their seventh Strategic and Economic Dialogue. The challenge will be finding topics on which they can agree.
The world’s two largest economies started talks Monday in Washington on issues from trade to terrorism. The meeting takes place amid tensions over U.S. attempts to complete an Asia-Pacific trade pact that excludes Beijing, China’s efforts to establish alternate financial institutions, and a cybertheft of U.S. government workers’ data revealed this month, which U.S. officials say originated in China.