Rubio says U.S., China at 'strategic stability' ahead of Trump trip
The Hindu
Rubio announces U.S.-China "strategic stability" ahead of Trump's visit, emphasizing supply chain diversification and nuclear negotiations.
The United States and China have reached "stability" in their long-fractious relationship, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday (February 25, 2026) ahead of President Donald Trump's visit to the Asian power.
"I think we've reached a point at least of a sort of strategic stability in the relationship," Mr. Rubio told reporters.
"I think both countries concluded that having an all-out global trade war between the United States and China would be deeply damaging to both sides and to the world," Rubio said on a visit to the tiny Caribbean nation of Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Mr. Rubio has long been known as a hawk on China, with he and Mr. Trump casting the world's second largest economy as an adversary that needed to be defeated globally.
Mr. Rubio said that the United States would keep raising concerns including seeking to diversify from China's dominance in supply chains.
He also vowed to keep pushing China to negotiate a three-way nuclear deal with the United States and Russia.
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