Biden, Xi Plan Virtual Meeting Before End of Year, U.S. Says

  • Blinken warns China over ‘provocative’ actions around Taiwan
  • Trade chief Tai to engage counterpart on trade deal shortfalls
WATCH: President Joe Biden plans to meet virtually with Chinese President Xi Jinping before the end of the year. Eric Martin reports. (Source: Bloomberg)
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President Joe Biden plans to meet virtually with Chinese President Xi Jinping before the end of the year, a senior U.S. official said, with tensions escalating between the world’s two largest economies.

Plans for the meeting were announced on a conference call with reporters following about six hours of meetings Wednesday between White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and a senior Chinese foreign policy adviser, Yang Jiechi, in Zurich.