Biden Says US Wants Better Ties to Help China’s Economy
- US president hopes Xi talks yield return to ‘normal course’
- US also seeking resumption of military communication channels
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President Joe Biden said ahead of his meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping that the US was interested in helping China’s struggling economy — but not at the expense of American intellectual property.
“What we’re trying to do is change the relationship for the better,” Biden told reporters Tuesday at the White House, shortly before departing for San Francisco, where he’s set to meet Xi on Wednesday. Biden said that he believed the Chinese people were “in trouble right now economically.”