US-China talks could end up inflaming trade tensions
CNN
Senior officials from the United States and China are meeting in person on Thursday for the first time since US President Joe Biden took office. But progress toward solving major economic sources of strain — including disputes over tech and trade — is unlikely.
US Secretary of State Tony Blinken and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan will head into the two-day meeting with Chinese counterparts Wang Yi and Yang Jiechi in Anchorage, Alaska, carrying a lot of baggage. Former President Donald Trump spent much of his term escalating tensions between the world's two largest economies. He sparked a bitter trade war that the two sides have yet to completely unravel. And he punished some of China's most prominent tech companies with crippling sanctions, largely over concerns that they pose a threat to US national security.More Related News
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