for more, wendy cutler vice president of the asia society policy institute and former us diplomatjoins us now. trade relations like other parts of the us relationship with china are tense. while a lark of trade still continues to flow between the two countries tariffs remain in place export restrictions remain in place and try never increasingly is imposing regulations making it very tough for us companies to operate in their country. interesting though because economic ties still happen where discussions with geopolitical issues and onto the defensive front just shut down so we just now have bill gates and elon musk visiting china she would feel more positive about the economic side of the relationship was not clearly beijing seems more interested in reviving or strengthening the economic part of the relationship versus the military part. of the relationship versus the military part- military part. one thing i will be looking military part. one thing i will be looking out
and she explained how she viewed relations between the two countries well, trade relations, like other parts of the us relationship with china are tense. while a lot of trade still continues to flow up between the two countries, export restrictions remain in place, and china is increasingly imposing regulations, making it very tough for us companies to operate in their country. it s interesting, because economic ties still happen, discussions of geopolitical issues on the defence front just shut down. now we have bill gates, elon musk visiting china. should we feel a bit more positive about the economic side of their relationship? well, clearly beijing seems more interested in reviving or strengthening the economic part of the relationship versus the military part, and one of the things i will be looking at over the next day now is whether there is a pathway for the secretaries on the economic team for president biden to visit beijing in the coming weeks are coming months. so
hearing, has held what the us calls candid and constructive talks with china s foreign minister in beijing. this at the start of two days of meetings with chinese officials. mr blinken emphasised the need for diplomacy and keeping open channels of communication us officials added. the trip to china is the first by a top us diplomat in almost five years and comes months after an earlier visit by the secretary of state was postponed when a suspected chinese spy balloon flew in us airspace. can this trip reboot relations? to discuss this and what s at stake for the world s two biggest economies, i m joined by alicia garcia herrero chief economist at natixis. good to have you on the programme. from your perspective, when we are looking at trade, the two biggest economies in the world, how important is this trip? extremely important. and the main reason for this trip is not even trade, it s about assurance to really avoid a military conflict in taiwan and i think that s th