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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 expect ....
Important because they touch local communities. Every one of them is about a local community in some way. We have to keep making that pitch. We also need to make this argument about the public relevance and how not only how much poorer we would be without them and the work that we do but how incapacitated we would become if we did not have these entities doing what they do. With only two years left of the Obama Administration how do you approach priorities to get as much done as you can . I was just talking about this with a few people this morning. I think we have to think about the most important things 1st of all. And sort them out. Things that would be reasonably pursued in his timetable. There is a way that i and my administration might have a longer life than that. We do understand there is this big moment coming. The scope of the work that we agree to take on we dont want to take on things that could not reasonably be ....
From the center fs the citizen strategy teej it and international studies, this is an hour and 20 minutes. I think were going to get started, if everyone could take their seats, get their coffees or waters, bring them to their tables, were going to get started here. Welcome, everybody. Welcome to csis, and thank you for weathering the cold weather here in d. C. Joining us today. Todays event with my colleague, elizabeth nuhaus. Before we get to senator blakes remarks, i just want to offer a brief explanation of what makes todays conference titled getting to normal, a legal pathway for u. S. Cuba policy reform, different from all cuba gatherings that take place here in d. C. As i look in the crowd, i see a lot of familiar faces, welcome to everybody. Folks that have covered cuba for a long time, so i just want to sort of justify why on a rainy morning in washington, d. C. Were here to talk about cuba. Let me start by telling you a bit about what this conference is not shooting for. Toda ....