as more than 50 of his mps call for a ceasefire in gaza. you re watching bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in san francisco, where president biden says real progress has been made at a highly anticipated meeting with his chinese counterpart, on the sidelines of an asia pacific summit. xijinping described beijing s relationship with the us as the most important in the world. this isjust their second in person meeting since president biden assumed office. and during that time, relations have deteriorated significantly. we ll be live with our correspondent in san francisco shortly. but first this report from our north america editor sarah smith. with a warm, personal greeting, the leaders of the world s two most powerful countries look like they want to improve their relationship. simply getting together in the same room is a diplomatic statement when tensions between their nations are very high. i value our conversation because, i thi
hello, if you havejustjoined us, you are very welcome. let s crack on with the top business stories. we start in san francisco where, as you have been hearing, president biden has hailed real progress following four hours of talks with china s president xi on the sidelines of the apec summit. they agreed to reopen communications between the military on both sides and work together to stem the flow of the opioid drug fentanyl into the us. but there was no concession from the us on lifting trade sanctions on china including the export ban on advanced computer chips which president xi had complained is harming china. the united states will continue to compete vigorously with the prc, but we ll manage that competition responsibly so it doesn t veer into conflict, or accidental conflict. and where it s possible, where our interests are.coincide, we re going to work together like we did on fentanyl. that s what the world expects of us. the rest of the world expects no
but going by what we ve already heard from us officials one major goal mightjust be simply improving communication. live now to san francisco. we can speak to sumi somaskanda. the white house has been playing down what we can expect. it is an important meeting, nonetheless? that is absolutel important meeting, nonetheless? twat is absolutely right. this is being called a significant meeting but they are talking about talking, about re establishing a lot of communication, not only between president biden and president xi at the highest level, but military to military. there was this accusation from the us that china had flown a spy from the us that china had flown a spy balloon and then either shut down the spy billing. the chinese rejected those accusations. at that time the us military try to help china never depicted. it was a source of great consternation in the us. who do we call in the future, will somebody pick up? that is the basis of what they are discussing, by 30
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