are in a competition. but that the united states does not seek conflict or confrontation. i ve been speaking to rana mitter, who is chair in us asia relations at harvard kennedy school and he explained to us the significance of that meeting. it is significant for two reasons. first it a pathway in which the us and china can dial down the often very hot temperature of the relationship between the two sides. it was just a few months ago there were fears they might even be a conflict of war over the status of taiwan and it is very clear that both sides by meeting in malta want to make it clear that that is not on the agenda at least not in the near future. in addition, both countries, the united states and china, are grappling with a dilemma. they both need economic growth to improve domestic political circumstances but they also need each other at the same time in some way as wanting to protect themselves against each other. so there are two dilemmas other ones that essential
like ending extreme poverty and tacking climate change. tackling. and presidents and prime ministers will take the opportunity to seize the global spotlight, including us presidentjoe biden who arrived on sunday evening in new york. earlier i spoke to michael bociurkiw, global affairs analyst and non resident senior fellow at the atlantic council, about what we can expect from the week ahead. let s touch on who s not going to be there. first french president emmanuel macron, british prime minister rishi sunak, xi jinping, vladimir putin, indian prime ministerand jinping, vladimir putin, indian prime minister and arranger modi, among others. it is quite a list. what do you make of those absences? yes, it is quite a list indeed. well, the un secretary general played it down and says this isn t a show for vanity fair. whoever comes, he will engage with them. but i m finding world leaders are using more and more of that excuse, that they are very busy, so they are show up a
tensions with beijing. the official told reporters that said mr sullivan underscored that the united states and china are in a competition. but that the united states does not seek conflict or confrontation. on taiwan, united states opposes unilateral changes to the status quo from either side. jake sullivan also emphasised that washington does not back taiwan seeking formal independence from china. i ve been speaking to rana mitter, who is chair in us asia relations at harvard kennedy school and he explained to us the significance of that meeting. i think it is significant for two reasons, the first is it enables a pathway to be set out in which the us and china can dial down the very hot temperature of the relationship between the two sides. it was just a few months ago there were fears there might be a conflict or war over the status of taiwan. it s very clear that both sides by meeting in malta want to make it clear that s not on the agenda, at least not in the near fut
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