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Wang Yi Briefs CFR Forum on Need for ‘Focusing on Cooperation and Managing Differences’
April 24 , 2021 (EIRNS) China’s State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi attended an international virtual dialogue with members of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) today, explaining China’s policy and his view on U.S.-China relations. Under the title, “Focusing on Cooperation and Managing Differences: Bringing China-U.S. Relations Back to the Track of Sound and Steady Development,” Wang Yi presented China’s policy and the principles on which it bases its policy, and steadily countered the misconstrued views of the United States, but without for a moment withdrawing the hand of peace, cooperation and mutual development. His remarks were posted to the Foreign Ministry website.
China wants pre-Trump era back
By Joseph
Bosco
For its first month, US President Joe Biden’s administration lamented the “former guy’s mess” on the COVID-19 pandemic, the economy, vaccinations and foreign policy, but during his CNN town hall, Biden finally said: “I’m tired of talking about [former US president] Donald Trump. I don’t want to talk about him anymore.”
However, China’s leaders believe that blaming the former administration for Sino-US tensions will leverage anti-Trump animus for Biden’s “flexibility” on contentious issues. With Trump gone, Washington can forget the “China threat” and revert to the “normalcy” that Beijing found so advantageous during the administrations of former US presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama.
Posted on March 12, 2021.
Not long ago, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that the tariffs imposed on China by the Donald Trump administration would be maintained for now, that she hoped China would continue to fulfill its commitments, and that the U.S. would assess how to move forward in an appropriate manner. This clearly shows that the Joe Biden administration is not at all eager to change Trump’s trade policy with China. But the American business community can’t wait.
Recently, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce released a report, “Understanding U.S.-China Decoupling,” which evaluated the economic losses in the U.S. caused by U.S.-China decoupling in areas such as investment, trade, the movement of people and exchange of ideas, as well as aviation and medical equipment. The report predicts that decoupling would lead to a halving of U.S. direct investment in China and a possible loss of $500 billion a year to U.S. in gross domestic product. It therefore called on the Biden
China is continually sending messages to the US to rebuild or at least normalize bilateral ties since President Joe Biden took office, and US scholars, former officials and diplomats have also offered suggestions to respond to China s calls, suggesting the two sides should have clear lists for cooperation, dialogue and divergence management.